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Director and lead member guidance boosts local accountability

Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Government's revised statutory guidance on the role of directors of children's services and lead members is already having an impact across the country. Sector leaders express their opinions on the changes

Ask the Expert: Multi-agency partnerships

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Government urged to clarify child health remits

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Friday, May 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Confusion persists over where responsibilities lie for commissioning child health services, as learnings from GP pathfinders begin to emerge.

Councils pilot payment-by-results

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Friday, April 1, 2011

| CYP Now

A groundbreaking six-month pilot project is under way with three large local authorities to assess how payment-by-results models can be successfully adopted in children's services.

Commissioning aid is terminated despite saving councils millions

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Monday, February 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Significant variations in the expertise of commissioning staff fuel doubts over councils' ability to maintain efficiency savings as the government's Commissioning Support Programme draws to a close.

Children's care homes urged to innovate

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Monday, January 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Residential care sector must work more closely with families and take advantage of new legislation such as the Localism Bill, experts say.

News Insight: Benefits of children's trusts revealed

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Monday, November 8, 2010

| CYP Now

The government is lukewarm about children's trusts but Ofsted has revealed they are having a positive effect. Lauren Higgs reports.

Councils told to consult with children on service provision

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Monday, September 27, 2010

| CYP Now

The government's commissioning support programme is calling on councils to radically increase the number of children, young people and families they consult, as part of proposals to overhaul the way local services are planned.

Children's trust rules removed

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Monday, September 13, 2010

| CYP Now

The government has officially revoked the requirement for children's trusts to publish local children and young people's plans.

The value of children's trusts

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Monday, July 26, 2010

| CYP Now

Last week, Education Secretary Michael Gove confirmed that the government plans to reform the way children's trusts operate from this autumn. Joe Lepper speaks to three local authorities to ask if they believe their arrangements are worth saving.

Anger at more prison places

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Monday, July 19, 2010

| CYP Now

Justice chiefs are facing criticism after a document revealed plans to commission additional prison places for young offenders, despite falling custody levels.

Payment-by-results could drive out smaller charities, say leaders

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Monday, July 5, 2010

| CYP Now

Government plans to introduce payment-by-results for providers of children and young people's services could jeopardise early intervention work and drive small charities out of business, sector leaders have warned.

Tory children's trust plans hit home

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Monday, April 12, 2010

| CYP Now

The sector reacts to CYP Now's revelation last week that the Tories would scrap children's trust obligations.

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Director and lead member guidance boosts local accountability

Ask the Expert: Multi-agency partnerships

Government urged to clarify child health remits

Councils pilot payment-by-results

Commissioning aid is terminated despite saving councils millions

Children's care homes urged to innovate

News Insight: Benefits of children's trusts revealed

Councils told to consult with children on service provision

Children's trust rules removed

The value of children's trusts

Anger at more prison places

Payment-by-results could drive out smaller charities, say leaders

Tory children's trust plans hit home

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