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General election 2019: Key policy guide
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Analysis
- Tuesday, November 26, 2019 | CYP Now
Derren Hayes analyses what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on the key policy battlegrounds for the children, young people and families sector at the coming general election.
A fearless campaigner: Polly Neate, Shelter chief executive
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Analysis
- Tuesday, November 28, 2017 | CYP Now
Derren Hayes speaks to Polly Neate, chief executive of homelessness charity Shelter.
Big jump in B&B use for homeless families
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News
- Friday, December 18, 2015 | CYP Now
The number of homeless families with children being placed in emergency bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation has rocketed by 45 per cent over the last year.
Legal Update: Caring for refugee children
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Other
- Monday, September 28, 2015 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.
Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary
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News
- Monday, September 14, 2015 | CYP Now
New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.
Homelessness support fails families with young children, report finds
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News
- Wednesday, February 11, 2015 | CYP Now
Support for the estimated 15,700 babies living in homeless households needs to urgently improve, a damning report by the NSPCC and Anna Freud Centre has found.
Benefit cap fuels housing problems for London councils
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News
- Monday, December 15, 2014 | CYP Now
The benefit cap is hampering local authorities in London in their attempts to move families out of temporary accommodation and into a permanent home, a report has found.
Families in crisis face funding shortfall, warns LGA
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News
- Monday, February 24, 2014 | CYP Now
Councils may be unable to provide emergency support for families in crisis as a result of government funding changes, local government leaders have warned.
Daily roundup: Young offenders, youth work and youth homlessness
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Other
- Tuesday, February 4, 2014 | CYP Now
Youth Justice Board cool on plans to close young adult prisons; consultation launched on future of youth services in Wiltshire; and youth homeless charity receives cash boost, all in the news today.
YMCA chief criticises housing benefit cut plans
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News
- Wednesday, January 8, 2014 | CYP Now
The boss of the UK's largest provider of supported accommodation for young people has warned the government that cutting housing benefit for under-25s will not solve the problem of long-term youth unemployment.
Daily roundup: homelessness, child abuse, and healthy eating
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Other
- Monday, November 4, 2013 | CYP Now
Long-term B&B use reaches decade-high; ex-DPP says professionals who fail to report child abuse should be prosecuted; and families cut back on healthy food due to cash shortage, all in the news today.
Number of families living in B&Bs on the rise
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News
- Friday, September 6, 2013 | CYP Now
Benefit cuts and rising household debts have been blamed for an increase in the number of families forced to live in emergency bed and breakfast accommodation.
Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty
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Other
- Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | CYP Now
Clegg pledges government review of youth unemployment strategy; the Conservatives could introduce tougher penalties for unemployed young people; and a charity warns literacy levels must improve to tackle child poverty, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Children's centre redundancies, child legal disputes rise, and housing fears
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News
- Wednesday, May 1, 2013 | CYP Now
Sure Start jobs set to go in Portsmouth; international legal disputes over child custody on the rise, and Shelter report reveals extent of renting families' insecurity, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: 'Severe hardship' for Scottish families, parenting, and child benefit cuts
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Other
- Monday, October 22, 2012 | CYP Now
Thousands of Scottish families face multiple disadvantage, children say they want more time with parents, and a warning over impending child benefit cuts, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Loughton warning, youth premium and asylum tragedy
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Other
- Monday, October 8, 2012 | CYP Now
Government warned on family policy, proposals for youth premium, and concerns over "flawed" support system for asylum seekers, all in the news roundup today.
Daily roundup: The Technical Baccalaureate, food banks and school sports for disabled children
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Other
- Tuesday, October 2, 2012 | CYP Now
Miliband pledges help for "forgotten" young people, fears over disabled children missing out on school sports, and record numbers of Welsh families receive help from food banks, all in the news today.
Tens of thousands set to lose legal advice
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News
- Wednesday, September 14, 2011 | CYP Now
Close to 70,000 young people struggling with problems relating to issues such as homelessness and employment face losing access to free legal advice due to government plans to cut the legal aid budget by 350m, a report has warned.
Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court
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News
- Wednesday, July 20, 2011 | CYP Now
A High Court judge is set to rule on the legality of controversial housing benefit cuts after a child poverty charity launched a legal challenge.
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