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Big jump in B&B use for homeless families

    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.

Prioritise help for homeless young people

    Opinion
  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Housing charity Shelter released some worrying statistics in early December, highlighting the number of children expected to be homeless or living in temporary accommodation over Christmas would hit a 12-year high.

YMCA chief criticises housing benefit cut plans

    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.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

    News
  • Wednesday, October 8, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.