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Children's services need clarity of accountability

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  • Tuesday, August 20, 2013
  • | CYP Now
The government's proposals to transfer responsibility for children's social services in Doncaster from the local council to an independent trust have come under attack from Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones in her detailed response to the plans.

Character education can help children succeed

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  • Monday, June 22, 2015
  • | CYP Now
There is a temptation to view character education as part of an agenda by Conservative politicians to take schooling and youth participation back to a bygone era when Victorian values of the British stiff upper lip ruled.

Families key to success of free childcare plans

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  • Tuesday, March 19, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Here is something of a bombshell for the government's £1.7bn programme to offer free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds: when these children turn five, that provision will have had no impact on their learning and development.

Councils need help to beat child poverty rise

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  • Monday, April 28, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Projecting what will happen to child poverty figures between now and 2020 is a difficult task for the statisticians and number crunchers, let alone politicians and campaigners. So pronouncements on what the future holds have to be treated with a hefty dose of caution, particularly with a general election not far away.

Minuses outscore pluses on adoption scorecards

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  • Monday, June 11, 2012
  • | CYP Now
As part of its endeavour to speed up the adoption process, the government last month introduced scorecards to rank councils on their performance in placing children in adoptive homes.

Further austerity is the only election certainty

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  • Monday, April 27, 2015
  • | CYP Now
As the curtain comes down on this Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, it is worth reflecting on what we've learnt from the past five years - as it looks increasingly likely that the future holds more of the same.