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Campaigners slam government U-turn over care support requirements

Thursday, October 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has been criticised for giving councils too much flexibility in the way they offer long-term support to looked-after children.

Government to push ahead with use of force to maintain secure college discipline

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has said it will pursue the use of force to maintain good order and discipline in secure colleges, even though it would breach European law.

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has rejected calls from MPs for an outright ban on the use of bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation for care leavers.

Child poverty target will be missed, says government commission

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Efforts to end child poverty by 2020 are in tatters, according to a damning report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth workers should receive basic mental health training as part of a shake-up of services in order to support young people in gangs, MPs have been told.

Labour Party Conference: Shadow justice secretary backs support for children of prisoners

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Monday, September 22, 2014

| CYP Now

A Labour government will work to ascertain how many children have a parent in prison, shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan has pledged.

Government climbdown on plan to scrap council crisis fund

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to reconsider plans to scrap a fund that helps support young people in crisis after legal action was launched to challenge the decision.

Professionals to get practice guidance on young carer duties

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Children & Young People Now has joined forces with Carers Trust to stage a one-day Young Carers Summit as local authorities prepare to meet new responsibilities towards young people aged 14 to 25 who are carers.

Government to pursue controversial 'residence test' for children's legal aid

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has resisted calls from MPs to backtrack on a controversial policy that will prevent asylum-seeking children from having access to legal aid.

Benefit rules for children in hospital face legal challenge

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Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's decision to suspend disability living allowance (DLA) for ill children who spend more than 84 days in hospital is to be challenged in the Supreme Court.

Inspectors slam 'unsafe' Glen Parva YOI

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Glen Parva young offender institution (YOI) has been slammed by inspectors for operating an "unsafe" and "ineffective" model of custody where violence and intimidation of young people is rife.

Benefit policies ‘push asylum-seeking children into poverty'

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

| CYP Now

A government funding freeze on support for asylum-seeking children in the UK has been heavily criticised in a report by The Children's Society.

Children to be given greater voice in care proceedings

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

| CYP Now

More will be done to ensure children over the age of 10 who are involved in care proceedings or custody cases have their views heard in court, the government has announced.

Barnardo's calls for better education on the dangers of 'sexting'

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Barnardo's has urged police forces not to take a "heavy-handed" approach to dealing with young people found to have sent explicit images of themselves to friends.

Faster court process cuts residential parenting assessments

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers are scaling back their use of residential parenting assessments due to Children and Families Act changes to the length of care proceedings, latest government research has found.

Charity launches campaign to 'redesign' children's services

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A children's charity has launched an ambitious campaign to devise an alternative model of delivering children's services that would ensure a wider pool of vulnerable young people get access to support.

Think-tank highlights 'staggering' failings in support for vulnerable children

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are carrying out "unscrupulous and illegal" practices to restrict the support they provide to vulnerable children in need of social care and mental health services, a think-tank has claimed.

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Plans for over-16s to face mandatory custodial sentences if they are convicted of a knife offence for a second time have been backed by MPs.

Secure college to hold girls alongside boys

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Girls will be held alongside older boys in a proposed £80m secure college for young offenders despite strong objections from campaigners.

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A panel of criminal justice and mental health experts has called for greater scrutiny into how liaison and diversion services for young people are being implemented across England.

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Campaigners slam government U-turn over care support requirements

Government to push ahead with use of force to maintain secure college discipline

Government rejects MPs' call to ban B&B use for care leavers

Child poverty target will be missed, says government commission

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

Labour Party Conference: Shadow justice secretary backs support for children of prisoners

Government climbdown on plan to scrap council crisis fund

Professionals to get practice guidance on young carer duties

Government to pursue controversial 'residence test' for children's legal aid

Benefit rules for children in hospital face legal challenge

Inspectors slam 'unsafe' Glen Parva YOI

Benefit policies ‘push asylum-seeking children into poverty'

Children to be given greater voice in care proceedings

Barnardo's calls for better education on the dangers of 'sexting'

Faster court process cuts residential parenting assessments

Charity launches campaign to 'redesign' children's services

Think-tank highlights 'staggering' failings in support for vulnerable children

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

Secure college to hold girls alongside boys

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

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