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Charities call on PCTs to fund carers' breaks

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Monday, May 23, 2011

| CYP Now

Fears are mounting that cash-strapped primary care trusts (PCTs) will not pass on short break funding for young carers.

Charities react to Cameron's desire to stigmatise absent fathers

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Monday, June 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Calls by David Cameron to give absent fathers a tough time have received a mixed response from leading charities.

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Poor families will be hit hard by government plans to shave a further £4bn from the welfare bill in 2015/16, charities have warned.

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Parents could be forced to pay as much as £900-a-month if their children are taken into care, under plans announced by Worcestershire County Council.

Call for better co-ordinated support for disadvantaged families

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Support services need to be better co-ordinated in order to ensure government programmes to ‘turn around' the lives of struggling families reach their full potential, the chief executive of 4Children has said.

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the National Children's Bureau is to step down after three years in charge, it has been announced.

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham Council is taking action to improve the way child protection tip-offs are acted on following a worrying drop in the numbers of children subject to protection plans.

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Adoption experts say the placement with a new family of a child of a mentally ill Italian woman who had a forced caesarean is one of the most complex children's social workers have dealt with.

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Only non-profit organisations will be allowed to deliver child protection services under controversial government plans to give councils more freedom in the way they work with vulnerable children, it has been announced.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

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Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of troubled families receiving intensive government support to turn their lives around is to be increased from 120,000 to 500,000.

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on children's social care has increased by more than five per cent in a single year, government figures show.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

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Friday, September 12, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

Weapons haul YOI branded violent by inspectors

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A young offender institution where more than 30 weapons were found during a single search has been blasted for high levels of violence.

Government urges councils to prioritise housing for domestic abuse victims

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Monday, October 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils will be "strongly encouraged" to prioritise social housing for children and parents who have fled domestic abuse under new guidance proposed by the government.

Parental conflict initiative to be trialled in 30 areas

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Friday, April 27, 2018

| CYP Now

A £39m programme aimed at reducing conflict between parents in disadvantaged families is to be trialled in 30 council areas, the government has confirmed.

Ofsted finds safeguarding improvements in West Sussex

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Child protection in West Sussex has been rated as adequate by inspectors, four years after it was first identified as performing poorly.

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services have launched an inquiry into the purpose of the care system, as part of plans to radically improve provision for looked-after children across the country.

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Safeguards to protect children from "intrusive and stressful" bailiffs are to be introduced by the government.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

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Charities call on PCTs to fund carers' breaks

Charities react to Cameron's desire to stigmatise absent fathers

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

Worcestershire unveils policy to charge parents of looked-after children

Call for better co-ordinated support for disadvantaged families

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

Forced caesarean highlights complexity of child protection decisions, experts say

Profit-making firms to be prevented from delivering child protection

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Cameron extends Troubled Families programme to 500,000

Children's social care spending rises five per cent

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

Weapons haul YOI branded violent by inspectors

Government urges councils to prioritise housing for domestic abuse victims

Parental conflict initiative to be trialled in 30 areas

Ofsted finds safeguarding improvements in West Sussex

ADCS launches inquiry into the care system

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

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