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Chair announced for new government award scheme

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  • Tuesday, April 28, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Dame Denise Platt, chair of the recently abolished Commission for Social Care Inspection, is to chair a new government award scheme to recognise innovation and excellence in local government.

Children's Rights Bill introduced

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  • Friday, November 20, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Baroness Joan Walmsley has introduced a Children's Rights Bill, which would make the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child part of UK law.

Chief executive of Action for Children made a Dame

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  • Monday, January 4, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Clare Tickell, chief executive of Action for Children, and Helen Dent, chief executive of Family Action, are among at least 115 professionals and volunteers from the children and young people's sector recognised in the Queen's New Years honours list.

Children's sector welcomes Primarolo

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  • Monday, June 8, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The children's sector has welcomed the appointment of new children's minister Dawn Primarolo, highlighting her experience in health and the fight against child poverty.

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2016

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  • Monday, December 19, 2016
  • | CYP Now
With the UK voting to leave the European Union, a new Prime Minister and government installed, policy u-turns, and an influx of children and families from war-torn Syria, 2016 has been a turbulent year. Here is a run-down of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

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