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Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to draft in a commissioner and expert panel to oversee Birmingham's troubled children's services.

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Campaign groups have criticised a new system of restraint being adopted in youth custody settings because it continues to allow techniques that involve inflicting pain on young people.

Young people demand sound recording cameras in youth custody settings

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth custody settings and police stations should contain cameras that record sound to prevent young offenders being subjected to violence, a report has claimed.

YJB to investigate safer restraint techniques

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Friday, May 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is carrying out two reviews into ways of making physical restraint in young offender settings safer and pain free.

Children to be given greater voice in care proceedings

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

| CYP Now

More will be done to ensure children over the age of 10 who are involved in care proceedings or custody cases have their views heard in court, the government has announced.

Government to pursue controversial 'residence test' for children's legal aid

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has resisted calls from MPs to backtrack on a controversial policy that will prevent asylum-seeking children from having access to legal aid.

Lawyers join calls to halt x-rays for child asylum-seekers

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Friday, March 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Immigration lawyers have added their voice to demands that the government immediately halts trials using dental x-rays to determine the age of asylum-seeking children.

Use of force 'extremely high' at Ashfield YOI

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Use of restraint at a young offender institution (YOI) in Bristol increased nearly nine-fold in the space of just a year, inspectors have found.

Government under pressure to introduce legal guardians for trafficked children

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Friday, January 23, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has come under fresh pressure to introduce legal guardians for trafficked children after Northern Ireland became the first country in the UK to introduce them.

MPs call for ban on cell use for children in mental health crisis

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Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs are calling on health commissioners and ministers to take urgent action to halt the detention of young people in police cells under the Mental Health Act.

Hospital youth work scheme set for London-wide expansion

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| CYP Now

An award-winning service that places specialist youth workers in hospital emergency departments in an effort to tackle gang violence is to be expanded across London.

YOTs to take on young offender curfew monitoring

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils will not receive any extra money when they take over responsibility for youth offender curfew monitoring in two months' time.

Police 'mistreated' children during student protests in Brighton

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Friday, April 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Police used disproportionate and unjustified violence against children during protests against tuition fee rises, a report has found.

Dunford reforms will bolster children's rights in England

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Monday, December 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The government must act to implement the recommendations of John Dunford and ensure every piece of legislation is considered with the rights of children in mind, campaigners have said.

National standards will improve children's hearing system, says chief

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

| CYP Now

The head of the new body overseeing Scotland's hearing system believes the introduction of more consistent training and practice standards for lay assessors will improve the service that vulnerable children and young people receive.

Campaigners back closure of all-girl YOIs

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A Youth Justice Board (YJB) decision to decommission the last three girls' young offender institutions (YOI) in England has been welcomed by youth justice campaigners.

Feltham YOI gets 'worst in a decade' inspection reports

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Feltham YOI is blighted by extreme violence, gang culture and intimidation, according to two damning inspection reports.

Cafcass chief wary over recent fall in care applications

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The head of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has dampened hopes that a recent decrease in new care applications represents the start of a sustained fall in children needing protection.

Young asylum-seekers being left homeless and hungry, charity warns

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Friday, February 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant children and young people are being left homeless and hungry, according to the latest report by The Children's Society.

Housing benefit criteria found to discriminate against disabled children

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

| CYP Now

A landmark legal judgment has branded current housing benefit rules discriminatory against disabled children.?

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Birmingham to get children's commissioner under Le Grand plans

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

Young people demand sound recording cameras in youth custody settings

YJB to investigate safer restraint techniques

Children to be given greater voice in care proceedings

Government to pursue controversial 'residence test' for children's legal aid

Lawyers join calls to halt x-rays for child asylum-seekers

Use of force 'extremely high' at Ashfield YOI

Government under pressure to introduce legal guardians for trafficked children

MPs call for ban on cell use for children in mental health crisis

Hospital youth work scheme set for London-wide expansion

YOTs to take on young offender curfew monitoring

Police 'mistreated' children during student protests in Brighton

Dunford reforms will bolster children's rights in England

National standards will improve children's hearing system, says chief

Campaigners back closure of all-girl YOIs

Feltham YOI gets 'worst in a decade' inspection reports

Cafcass chief wary over recent fall in care applications

Young asylum-seekers being left homeless and hungry, charity warns

Housing benefit criteria found to discriminate against disabled children

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