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Obesity rates among poorest teenagers double that of richer peers, research shows

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

More than a quarter of teenagers from the poorest backgrounds are overweight or obese, a new study shows.

Concern over next children’s commissioner's failure to back smacking ban

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

Children’s rights campaigners have raised concerns after the next children’s commissioner for England failed to commit to a complete ban on smacking.

Tavistock publishes nine-year study on puberty blockers

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Monday, December 14, 2020

All but one child who took puberty blockers for gender dysphoria at the NHS-run Tavistock Centre went on to recieve cross-sex hormones, a new study shows.

Trans rights charities question High Court ruling on puberty blockers for under-16s

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Charities supporting transgender young people have raised concerns over a High Court ruling that children under 16 are unlikely to be able to give informed consent to undergo treatment with puberty-blocking drugs.

Coronavirus daily round-up: Tuesday 1 December

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Early years leader lauds rise in standards of childcare providers despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced his one-year spending review with a focus on helping the UK’s economy recover from Covid-19.

Public sector pay freeze ‘a body blow’ to frontline workers, unions say

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Education and social care unions have criticised the government’s decision to freeze pay for public sector workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Spending Review: Sector bodies set out key asks

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is today set to announce a one-year spending review focussed solely on helping the UK to recover from Covid-19.

Holiday hunger funding plans

Analysis

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

The government is providing £400m to tackle child hunger, but campaigners want more freedom over spending.

Early child development review: emerging issues and solutions

Analysis

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Andrea Leadsom MP, who is leading a government-commissioned review on early child health, says improving access to parenting services, better data sharing and the benefits of digital support are being considered.

Covid-19 ‘having a devastating impact on children’s rights’

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Friday, November 20, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is having a “devastating impact on children’s rights, wellbeing and futures”, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned.

Mapped: Councils providing free school meals over half term and Christmas holidays

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Friday, October 30, 2020

Local authorities have been forced to step-in over the October half term to provide free school meals for vulnerable children.

MPs removed from anti-poverty charity’s board over free school meals vote

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Thursday, October 29, 2020

Feeding Britain has removed MPs from its board after one of its trustees voted against extending free school meals to children from low-income families out of term time.

Better gender identity support

Analysis

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Charities call for gender identity service review to tackle waiting lists and hear children’s experiences.

How I Got Here: Tish Feilden

Features

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

The psychotherapist and co-founder of charity Jamie’s Farm on her career.

Children in mental health wards 'missed-out on support during lockdown'

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Thursday, October 22, 2020

Children detained in hospital mental health wards during lockdown struggled to access family therapy and advocacy support, the children’s commissioner for England has warned.

Treasury announces one-year spending review ‘focussed entirely’ on Covid-19

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

The Treasury has postponed the scheduled three-year comprehensive spending review (CSR) and will instead put forward a one-year plan “focussed entirely” on combating coronavirus.

Four in 10 CAMHS failed to adapt support services during lockdown, research shows

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Thursday, October 15, 2020

Four in 10 child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) have not implemented any new online support for young people during the Covid-19 pandemic, new research shows.

Health visitors and school nurses 'should not be redeployed to fight Covid-19'

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Thursday, October 15, 2020

England’s chief nurses say professionals, including school nurses and health visitors, should not to be redeployed as part of the response to the second wave of Covid-19.