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Key issues raised by MPs over children’s Covid-19 recovery

Thursday, June 10, 2021

| CYP Now

MPs have voted for a Labour Party motion criticising the government’s plans to help children and young people recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Stockport DCS receives OBE in Queen’s birthday honours list

News

Monday, June 14, 2021

| CYP Now

Chris McLoughlin, director of children’s services at Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s birthday honours.

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

News

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services and education in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas have been announced as part of the government’s “levelling-up” plan.

Levelling Up white paper a ‘missed opportunity’ to support young people

News

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Plans to increase opportunities for young people published in the government’s Levelling Up white paper do not go far enough to support the most disadvantaged children, sector leaders have said.

Chair announced for new government award scheme

News

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.

Interview: Space in the city - Nicky Gavron, deputy mayor of London

Features

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

| CYP Now

Some of the biggest problems facing children in the UK are at their worst in London - from shocking levels of child poverty and escalating youth crime to sky-high childcare costs and a shortage of play spaces.

Joint working - Total Place bids to do more with less

Other

Monday, February 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Councils can yield big savings by adopting a joined-up approach to public spending, dubbed Total Place. Lauren Higgs reports.

It's the preventative services, stupid

Opinion

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

| CYP Now

Bill Clinton unseated George Bush (Senior) in the 1992 US presidential election owing partly to the slogan, "It's the economy, stupid".

Comprehensive Area Assessment fails to cut council workload

News

Thursday, September 17, 2009

| CYP Now

The Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) is failing to reduce the inspections burden on councils, a survey by the Local Government Association (LGA) has found.

Special report: Conservative Conference 2009 - Tory fringe debates focus on the quality of services

Other

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

| CYP Now

Fringe events at the conference in Manchester looked at Tory plans to rid children and young people's services of bureaucracy and to boost the quality of education and family life. CYP Now brings you some of the highlights

Balls overrules MPs' objections to Atkinson commissioner appointment

News

Monday, October 19, 2009

| CYP Now

Children's Secretary Ed Balls has overridden MPs' objections to the appointment of Maggie Atkinson as children's commissioner for England.

Joint working - 20 years on: The impact of the 1989 Children Act

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

| CYP Now

Next month marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the Children Act 1989. Neil Puffett assess the successes and failures of the legislation for children and young people.

It's time to respect children's rights

Opinion

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

| CYP Now

You wait ages for one 20th anniversary, then three come along at once. We've just marked the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 1989 Children Act. And this week it is 20 years since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child came into existence.

Children's Rights Bill introduced

News

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.

Security firm finds failings with ContactPoint system

Other

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

| CYP Now

The government's controversial children's database ContactPoint has a number of security failings, it has been claimed.

Making Sense of Every Child Matters: Multi-professional Practice Guidance

Features

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

| CYP Now

Edited by Richard BarkerThe Policy Press, ISBN 9781847420114, 19.99, 211 pages

LGA's Abrahams to become DCSF adviser

News

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

| CYP Now

Caroline Abrahams is to leave the Local Government Association (LGA) to become Children's Secretary Ed Balls' policy adviser.

Children & Young People Now Awards 2009: Night of the Year!

Other

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

| CYP Now

The 2009 Children & Young People Now Awards, held at the Hurlingham Club in London last week, was a memorable evening.

Quiz of the year 2009

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

| CYP Now

Have you been keeping up with the key developments in the children and young people's sector? Try our 2009 quiz to find out.

Child performance regulations to be brought up to date

News

Monday, December 14, 2009

| CYP Now

The Children's Secretary Ed Balls has commissioned the former chair of the Royal Television Society Sarah Thane to review the 40-year-old rules that regulate child performance.

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Key issues raised by MPs over children’s Covid-19 recovery

Stockport DCS receives OBE in Queen’s birthday honours list

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

Levelling Up white paper a ‘missed opportunity’ to support young people

Chair announced for new government award scheme

Interview: Space in the city - Nicky Gavron, deputy mayor of London

Joint working - Total Place bids to do more with less

It's the preventative services, stupid

Comprehensive Area Assessment fails to cut council workload

Special report: Conservative Conference 2009 - Tory fringe debates focus on the quality of services

Balls overrules MPs' objections to Atkinson commissioner appointment

Joint working - 20 years on: The impact of the 1989 Children Act

It's time to respect children's rights

Children's Rights Bill introduced

Security firm finds failings with ContactPoint system

Making Sense of Every Child Matters: Multi-professional Practice Guidance

LGA's Abrahams to become DCSF adviser

Children & Young People Now Awards 2009: Night of the Year!

Quiz of the year 2009

Child performance regulations to be brought up to date

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