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Editorial: Cuts to council funding create a fool's economy
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- Tuesday, January 6, 2015 | CYP Now
There was little festive cheer in the draft local government funding settlement for 2015/16 delivered by ministers just before the Christmas break.
DfE must serve children, not our sitcom writers
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- Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | CYP Now
In what ended up as an explosive exit interview, Tim Loughton lifted the lid on the inner workings of the Department for Education at a select committee hearing last week with the department's former ministers.
'Wilful neglect' laws won't help recruit social workers
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- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
A number of reports over the past few weeks have highlighted the extent of the problem facing children's services departments in recruiting experienced social workers. Latest Department for Education figures show that over the past year, children's social worker vacancies have risen nearly 20 per cent so that on average, each English authority now has almost 30 full-time posts unfilled.
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.
Editorial: Service integration breaks cycles of disadvantage
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- Tuesday, April 26, 2016 | CYP Now
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.
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.
No quick fixes in turning around children's services
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- Tuesday, January 5, 2016 | CYP Now
Management standards, specifically how to deal with inadequate leadership, were very much in the news at the end of December.
Children need a long-term plan in this spending abyss
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- Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | CYP Now
The country might be out of recession (again), but with the size of the deficit still enormous, public spending shows no sign of returning to growth. In our special report, we examine the long-term challenges and consequences of children's services spend continuing to fall during this decade.
Openness should nip extremism in the bud
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- Tuesday, June 25, 2013 | CYP Now
It is just over a month since the murder of Woolwich soldier Lee Rigby shocked the country, and then triggered a spate of reprisals. In typically strident-sounding fashion, the government set up a "taskforce" - the crisis-management response tool of choice for politicians these days.
Editorial: Outsourcing proposals could benefit charities
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- Tuesday, May 13, 2014 | CYP Now
The announcement last month of the consultation into the widescale outsourcing of children's services would have surprised few in the sector. Controversial though it may be, the government has been laying the groundwork for the creation of a children's social care "market" for the past year. But although the direction of travel has been clear for some time, the ramifications of such a move are only now starting to be thought through.
Education attainment and poverty inextricably linked
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- Monday, June 8, 2015 | CYP Now
The unveiling of the government's legislative priorities offered both reasons to be optimistic and pessimistic over the prospects for children and young people over the coming parliament.
Labour must produce a clear vision for children
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- Tuesday, March 18, 2014 | CYP Now
After a slow start, Labour seems to be finding its feet in opposition. But with a general election a little over a year away, time is running out for the party to produce a coherent policy vision for children, young people and families.
Children England’s demise highlights failing ‘market’
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- Thursday, September 21, 2023 | CYP Now
Following the collapse in 2016 of children’s charity 4Children, Kathy Evans, chief executive of Children England warned that “the serious financial fragility of the children’s services ‘marketplace’ is a very real and urgent problem for large and small organisations alike”.
The toughest job in the land just got tougher
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- Monday, July 20, 2015 | CYP Now
If you are looking for evidence of just how tough a job it is to be a director of children's services (DCS) at the moment, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) conference provided it.
Councils must build on youth housing solutions
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- Monday, May 26, 2014 | CYP Now
The 10 per cent rise in house prices in England reported last week was widely seen as another sign that the economy is recovering from the deepest recession in living memory. Good news for home owners certainly, but soaring property prices are making it harder for young people to not just get on the housing ladder, but branch out into independent living generally.
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