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Daily roundup: housing benefit, Hamzah Khan and Colin Green

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  • Thursday, September 19, 2013
    • | CYP Now
Third of council tenants fall behind with rent since 'bedroom tax' introduced; body of four-year-old Hamzah Khan left in a house for two years, court told; and former Coventry DCS Colin Green joins Tower Hamlets safeguarding children's board, all in the news today.

Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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  • Friday, October 24, 2014
    • | CYP Now
A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Safe Network loses DfE grant

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  • Friday, March 6, 2015
    • | CYP Now
Safeguarding support charity Safe Network is facing an uncertain future after the Department for Education announced it is to axe its annual funding of £500,000.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

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  • Wednesday, June 17, 2015
    • | CYP Now
The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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  • Wednesday, July 2, 2014
    • | CYP Now
The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

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