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Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

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  • Monday, September 28, 2015
    • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

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  • Wednesday, February 4, 2015
    • | CYP Now
Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.

Forced to leave for coming out

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  • Tuesday, December 9, 2014
    • | CYP Now
One in four young homeless people are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender according to estimates. Emily Rogers visits a housing project addressing their specific needs and explores the lessons for other services.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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  • Wednesday, October 8, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Legal Update: No recourse to public funds

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  • Monday, September 1, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Local authorities are supporting children in destitute families who cannot access benefits, housing or homelessness assistance, says Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Councils must build on youth housing solutions

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  • Monday, May 26, 2014
    • | CYP Now
The 10 per cent rise in house prices in England reported last week was widely seen as another sign that the economy is recovering from the deepest recession in living memory. Good news for home owners certainly, but soaring property prices are making it harder for young people to not just get on the housing ladder, but branch out into independent living generally.

Good Idea: Homeless youth create forum to engage MPs

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  • 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.

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