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Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's review of local authority statutory duties is "distasteful and damaging" for the protection of children's rights, campaigners have claimed.

YOIs fail to provide young offenders with legal services, Blunt concedes

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOIs) are not meeting a duty to provide legal services officers who can give advice on a range of issues including potential appeals, youth justice minister Crispin Blunt has admitted.

Justice system must ensure wellbeing of prisoners' children, say campaigners

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Monday, June 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's welfare should be considered at every stage of the criminal justice system when their parents are facing detention or imprisonment, a group of charities is urging.

Pacey co-chief Catherine Farrell stands down

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Friday, August 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Joint chief executive of the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (Pacey) Catherine Farrell has left the charity, the organisation has confirmed.

Trafficked children let down by system-wide support failures

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Victims of child trafficking are being let down through "a culture of doubt and suspicion" across the justice and social care systems, according to a damning report by the Refugee Council and the Children's Society.

Campaigners urge Lib Dems to suspend new legal aid proposals

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Monday, September 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's rights charities have written to Liberal Democrat MPs and peers warning them that proposed legal aid changes could have significant implications for the rights and protection of vulnerable children.

Charities develop support service for trafficked young males

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

| CYP Now

A peer support project for boys and young men who have been victims of human trafficking has been set up by Ecpat UK and the Children's Society.

Custody threshold must be raised after small fall in child detention, say campaigners

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth custody figures are unlikely to come down further until the government legislates to raise the threshold for imprisonment, according to prison reform campaigners.

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.

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.

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.

Expert witness fee cut could 'hinder' family court judges

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Monday, December 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's lawyers and social work bodies have raised concerns that it will be harder to find expert witnesses to give evidence in care cases due to a cut in fees paid to them through the legal aid system.

Lack of joined-up mental health support fails young offenders

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Friday, March 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Young offenders are failing to get adequate mental health support when they move into the adult system, an independent review of the criminal justice system has found.

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils, local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and social work training are failing to prioritise child neglect, according to an Ofsted report.

Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

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Friday, March 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children adopted through concurrent planning are less likely to experience problems, such as school exclusion, behaviour difficulties and depression, than those who are placed with families at a later stage.

Conservative Conference 2011: Exploited children left traumatised by justice system

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Specialist sexual exploitation courts should be set up to spare child victims aggressive cross-examination by barristers representing perpetrators, the chief executive of Barnardo's has claimed.

Young people with autism 'need legal right to educational support'

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Friday, October 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Young disabled people must be given the legal right to educational support up to the age of 25 if they are to achieve independence later in life, a charity has warned.

X-ray pilot for child asylum-seekers sparks outrage

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

| CYP Now

The four UK children's commissioners have launched a bid to halt a pilot scheme using dental x-rays to assess the age of asylum-seeking children, warning that the trial could be illegal.

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has called for action against those involved in gangs and greater discipline in schools in the wake of riots throughout England.

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) may be so influenced by abusers that they are unable to provide full or accurate accounts of their experiences to safeguarding professionals, analysis has concluded.

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Campaigners brand review of local authority duties 'distasteful'

YOIs fail to provide young offenders with legal services, Blunt concedes

Justice system must ensure wellbeing of prisoners' children, say campaigners

Pacey co-chief Catherine Farrell stands down

Trafficked children let down by system-wide support failures

Campaigners urge Lib Dems to suspend new legal aid proposals

Charities develop support service for trafficked young males

Custody threshold must be raised after small fall in child detention, say campaigners

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

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

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Expert witness fee cut could 'hinder' family court judges

Lack of joined-up mental health support fails young offenders

Social care fails to act quickly enough over neglect

Concurrent planning reduces problems for adopted children, finds study

Conservative Conference 2011: Exploited children left traumatised by justice system

Young people with autism 'need legal right to educational support'

X-ray pilot for child asylum-seekers sparks outrage

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

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