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The 2014 Report: Performance improvement

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  • Tuesday, January 7, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Over the lifetime of the current parliament, local government funding will fall by 43 per cent, while demands on children's social care have increased. Politicians have made funding children's services a priority, increasing spending at the expense of other budgets.

The 2014 Report

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  • Tuesday, January 7, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Sector leaders look at the year ahead for children and young people.

Councils need the means to deliver foster care support

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  • Tuesday, December 17, 2013
  • | CYP Now
A little over two months ago, the Fostering Network called on the government to do the right thing - both morally and economically - by extending financial support to foster carers and in doing so enable children they care for to stay in the placement past their 18th birthday and up to 21 if they so wish.

Quiz of the Year 2013

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  • Tuesday, December 17, 2013
  • | CYP Now
How closely have you been following the ups and downs of the children and young people's sector over the past 12 months? Test your knowledge here with the CYP Now quiz of the year.

Youth work roundup

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  • Monday, October 21, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Councillor insists consultation will influence decision over service cuts in Essex; youth club pilot launches in response to complaints about antisocial behaviour; and youth club wins funding for professional youth worker, all in the news this week.

Can Whitehall run local services?

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  • Tuesday, October 15, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Following Education Secretary Michael Gove's decision not to strip children's services from Doncaster Council, we ask two experts whether central government can be accountable for local delivery.

Who would want to be a DCS today?

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  • Tuesday, October 15, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Directors of children's services are under ever-increasing pressure and first in the firing line if tragedy strikes. Jo Stephenson examines what the future holds for the role and why anyone would aspire to do it.