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Good Idea: Homeless youth create forum to engage MPs

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

This 100-strong forum is helping young people who are, or have experience of, being homeless raise the profile of youth homelessness by meeting ministers and MPs to explain about the problem and directly lobby for policy changes that will improve support.

The house that Daniel built

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Homeless young people renovate empty homes and then move in under a scheme launched by charity Centrepoint. Jo Stephenson visits the first property and meets the lads who will live there.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

News

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Clegg pledges government review of youth unemployment strategy; the Conservatives could introduce tougher penalties for unemployed young people; and a charity warns literacy levels must improve to tackle child poverty, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Primary classes, social care and spare rooms

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Study calls for primary children to be grouped by ability not age, Peterborough improves its social care, and a charity launches a drive to help young homeless people, all in today's news.

National action plan urged for young runaways

News

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Dedicated early intervention services must be set up in every local authority area to protect young runaways from abuse, a charity has said.

Daily roundup: Missing children, the Welsh care system, and police and crime commissioners

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Friday, November 16, 2012

| CYP Now

A rise in the number of children going missing in London, a call to change attitudes to care in Wales, and a campaign to change the law on police and crime commissioner elections, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: 'Severe hardship' for Scottish families, parenting, and child benefit cuts

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Monday, October 22, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of Scottish families face multiple disadvantage, children say they want more time with parents, and a warning over impending child benefit cuts, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Loughton warning, youth premium and asylum tragedy

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Monday, October 8, 2012

| CYP Now

Government warned on family policy, proposals for youth premium, and concerns over "flawed" support system for asylum seekers, all in the news roundup today.

Daily roundup: The Technical Baccalaureate, food banks and school sports for disabled children

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

| CYP Now

Miliband pledges help for "forgotten" young people, fears over disabled children missing out on school sports, and record numbers of Welsh families receive help from food banks, all in the news today.

In Focus: Poor housing puts children's lives at risk

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

| CYP Now

If families are unable to live in decent housing, the consequences can be severe.

Councils urged to court private landlords to prevent youth homelessness

News

Friday, August 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Increasing numbers of vulnerable young people face homelessness unless measures to improve the supply, quality and stability of the private rented sector are taken, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has warned.

Young homeless driven to crime and prostitution

News

Monday, May 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Young homeless people are going to "desperate measures" to avoid sleeping rough, including committing crimes or resorting to sex work just to get a roof over their head, a report by the charity Crisis has found.

Youth homelessness rise linked to relationship breakdowns

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Monday, December 5, 2011

| CYP Now

Increasing levels of relationship breakdown, mental health problems and substance misuse have been linked to rising levels of youth homelessness in England, a study of local authorities and homeless charities has found.

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Close to 70,000 young people struggling with problems relating to issues such as homelessness and employment face losing access to free legal advice due to government plans to cut the legal aid budget by 350m, a report has warned.

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

News

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

| CYP Now

A High Court judge is set to rule on the legality of controversial housing benefit cuts after a child poverty charity launched a legal challenge.

Child exploitation is a problem for every council, insists Loughton

News

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Every local authority and local safeguarding children board must assume sexual exploitation is a problem in their area, the children's minister has insisted.

MP calls for emergency housing programme to help families in crisis

News

Friday, May 6, 2011

| CYP Now

A housing crisis in the London Borough of Hillingdon has left families living in "developing world conditions", according to the area's MP.

Child Poverty Action Group launches legal challenge to welfare reforms

News

Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is to face a legal challenge to controversial welfare reforms after the Child Poverty Action Group announced it has issued proceedings for judicial review.

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Good Idea: Homeless youth create forum to engage MPs

The house that Daniel built

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

Daily roundup: Primary classes, social care and spare rooms

National action plan urged for young runaways

Daily roundup: Missing children, the Welsh care system, and police and crime commissioners

Daily roundup: 'Severe hardship' for Scottish families, parenting, and child benefit cuts

Daily roundup: Loughton warning, youth premium and asylum tragedy

Daily roundup: The Technical Baccalaureate, food banks and school sports for disabled children

In Focus: Poor housing puts children's lives at risk

Councils urged to court private landlords to prevent youth homelessness

Young homeless driven to crime and prostitution

Youth homelessness rise linked to relationship breakdowns

Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

Child exploitation is a problem for every council, insists Loughton

MP calls for emergency housing programme to help families in crisis

Child Poverty Action Group launches legal challenge to welfare reforms

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