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Further austerity is the only election certainty
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- Monday, April 27, 2015 | CYP Now
As the curtain comes down on this Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, it is worth reflecting on what we've learnt from the past five years - as it looks increasingly likely that the future holds more of the same.
Commissioning residential care: challenges and solutions
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- Monday, April 27, 2015 | CYP Now
Working within tight budgets, commissioners of residential care are seeking the best quality for children at the best price. Joe Lepper explores the challenges and a range of different approaches.
How charities can demonstrate social value to commissioners
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- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
The way public services are commissioned is undergoing considerable change, but charities pitched into competition for funding with private companies have a possible advantage - as long as they can demonstrate the additional social values they provide above and beyond the primary aims of a project.
Cost of foster care recruitment explored: agencies vs in-house
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- Monday, October 13, 2014 | CYP Now
Public sector consultant Impower has calculated that local authorities could save £150m by placing more fostered children with their own carers, but independent providers say its analysis of the costs and benefits is flawed.
Birmingham bids to put children's views at the heart of 10-year vision
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- Monday, October 13, 2014 | CYP Now
An independent review of growing up in Birmingham has highlighted the priorities for children and young people and puts forward some radical ideas for how to solve them - with council involvement key to delivering change.
Leicestershire lays groundwork for under-5s public health transfer
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- Monday, September 29, 2014 | CYP Now
In October 2015, local authorities will gain responsibility for commissioning the national Healthy Child Programme (HCP).
Daily roundup: Food poverty, SEN reforms and 'paedophile panic'
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- Friday, August 22, 2014 | CYP Now
Poorer parents struggle to feed their children during the summer holidays; Department for Education publishes child-friendly guide to the special educational needs reforms; and judge warns of "paedophile panic", all in the news today.
Councils fall short in provision of childcare places for two-year-olds
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- Monday, August 18, 2014 | CYP Now
CYP Now investigation reveals that more than half of local authorities will have a shortfall of available places when the government's free childcare scheme for disadvantaged two-year-olds expands on 1 September.
Editorial: Quality of childcare should win against race for places
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- Monday, August 18, 2014 | CYP Now
A key policy drive to intervene early and boost social mobility comes into force on 1 September - free childcare places for 15 hours a week will expand from 20 per cent to the 40 per cent most disadvantaged two-year-olds.
Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership
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- Tuesday, July 29, 2014 | CYP Now
Charities set to take on running of Liverpool youth centres; tri-borough arrangements to be reviewed by Labour; and new DCS appointed in Southwark, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: FGM arrest, Walsall Council, and children's centres
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- Monday, July 28, 2014 | CYP Now
Two people arrested in suspected FGM case; government lifts improvement notice on Walsall children's services department; and plans announced to reorganise children's centres in Bradford, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Haringey Ofsted, early intervention guidebook, and term-time holidays
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- Monday, July 21, 2014 | CYP Now
Haringey told to improve children's social care, major early intervention guide launched, and Nicky Morgan pledges to continue tough stance on term-time holidays, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Inspections, financial management and mental health
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- Wednesday, June 4, 2014 | CYP Now
East Sussex children's social care judged "good" by Ofsted; spend on agency staff triples at Windsor children's services; and new chair announced for mental health body, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Mental health, children in Birmingham, and Savile
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- Monday, June 2, 2014 | CYP Now
Doctors sending children long distances to get mental health treatment; independent review to investigate life for children in Birmingham; and Savile victim numbers grow to more than 500 research shows, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, child obesity and violence against girls
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- Monday, March 10, 2014 | CYP Now
Chamber of Commerce warning on youth unemployment figures; fraction of public health spending goes on child obesity; and government launches action plan to tackle violence against females, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Free school meals, policing and council cuts
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- Thursday, March 6, 2014 | CYP Now
Small schools to get funding to deliver free school meals; taser use rises fivefold in five years; and Islington children's services hit with £4m cut, all in the news today.
Research Report: Understanding the Market and the Use of Out-of-Authority Placements
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- Tuesday, March 4, 2014 | CYP Now
Researchers set out to identify the key factors influencing local authority decisions to place children in residential care inside and outside local authority boundaries.
Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims
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- Thursday, February 13, 2014 | CYP Now
Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Child grooming, health and wellbeing, and youth services
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- Tuesday, January 28, 2014 | CYP Now
Children's professionals struggle to keep pace with child abusers' tactics; 23 campaign groups highlight need for child-friendly policies; and Bracknell Forest youth hub set to open by 2016, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Social action, sexting, and council cuts
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- Wednesday, November 6, 2013 | CYP Now
Postcode lottery for volunteering opportunities; prevalence of sexting highlighted; and Nottinghamshire Council outlines plans to cut children's services, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Child protection warning, university attendance, and youth service cuts
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- Thursday, October 24, 2013 | CYP Now
National Crime Agency urges more action on child abuse, regional disparities in university attendance and West Sussex youth cuts to be debated, all in the news today.
Access dispute masks challenge to deliver better primary care
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- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 | CYP Now
The goverment wants to get general practice
on board to tackle overused hospitals.
Daily roundup: Policing, teachers and youth crime
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- Thursday, April 18, 2013 | CYP Now
Nottinghamshire will not get a youth police commissioner; Michael Gove wants teachers to do more admin, and a briefing highlights adult social services' youth justice role, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Child poverty, spending cuts and Sandwell suspension
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- Monday, March 25, 2013 | CYP Now
Child poverty adviser warns government over "muddled" reforms, £850m cut predicted for Department for Education, and Sandwell suspends children's service director, all in the news today.
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