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Ditch ‘bedroom tax' to save more children from poverty

Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

I have a sense of déjà vu with regard to the benefit reforms. It reminds me of the last period of austerity in the 1980s. Here we are again, cutting back services and this time demonising the poorest in society and imposing benefit cuts on them.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Clegg pledges government review of youth unemployment strategy; the Conservatives could introduce tougher penalties for unemployed young people; and a charity warns literacy levels must improve to tackle child poverty, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

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Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Latest figures on households affected by the benefits cap published; government makes FGM declaration, and health experts call on politicians to ban smoking in cars, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child protection, a charity merger, and the Fair4Families campaign

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

A shake-up of child protection training rumoured to be on the cards, The Private Equity Foundation and Impetus Trust announce plans to merge, and a campaign to protect families from cuts, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

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Monday, November 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to turn 400 primary schools into academies announced, concerns over "secret" database of children's details, and the number of special educational needs exclusions rises in Wales, all in the news roundup today.

Daily roundup: Public health, free schools, and a briefing for lead members on sexual exploitation

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Birmingham council calls on government to properly fund public health, the National Union of Teachers blasts Michael Gove over free school expansion, and a briefing on child sexual exploitation for lead members of children's services, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

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Friday, October 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers told to obey court orders, women prisoners to be kept closer to families, and funding cut for tuition of looked-after children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Research says children in foster care are being "denied a proper childhood", concerns over the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms, and the rising cost of sending children to school, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Shared parental leave to be introduced, free breakfast trial for Blackpool children and Ofsted visits North Yorkshire council, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

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Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Three out of four schools now judged as good or outstanding; former children's minister to step down as MP; and foster care myths exposed, all in the news today.

Strategy calls for focus on children, not families, in bid to end poverty

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The Welsh Government must overhaul its approach to child poverty in order to meet the target of eradicating the problem by 2020

Daily roundup: Homeless families, job satisfaction, and call for Royal Commission on child abuse

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

More families in B&B accommodation, youth work and childcare staff rate their job satisfaction, and a call for wide-ranging commission on child abuse, all in the news today.

InFocus: New Year's resolutions

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Teachers warn that pupils are suffering the impact of recession, pregnant women to be given the whooping cough jab, and an online campaign to find missing children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Vocational training, health and parenting

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

New practical qualifications for school children introduced next year; huge rise in Crohn's disease hospital admissions of young people; and parents warned not to give children alcohol at end of exams, all in the news today.

Unfair welfare cuts will heighten child poverty

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

There has been plenty of pre-Budget rhetoric thrown around about welfare and benefits spending from all sides. When the Budget is announced on 20 March, we will know which way the Chancellor jumped.

Daily roundup: Pupil premium plus, inequality in schools and retirement for the chief executive of the YJB

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Monday, September 3, 2012

| CYP Now

A call for more education funding for children in care, concerns over school provision for ethnic minority pupils, and the chief executive of the Youth Justice Board announces his intention to retire, all in the news today.

Seeking the way out of child poverty

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Despite government promises to eliminate child poverty, figures show it is on the rise. Charlotte Goddard examines some of the key proposals for tackling poverty and explores what is working on the ground.

Daily roundup: Looked-after children, ADHD drugs, and food banks

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social workers want the College of Social Work to focus on looked-after children; ADHD drug prescribing rises 50 per cent in five years; and free food is offered to poor families in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Unemployment, digital footprints and sexual exploitation

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Fewer children in jobless households, a call for internet guidance for parents, and five arrested by police investigating the alleged rape of 15-year-old, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Single parents, online safety for autistic children and drugs education

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Monday, October 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Charity calls on government to support single parents, a guide to help autistic children use internet, and efforts to make drugs, alcohol and relationship lessons compulsory, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: 'Severe hardship' for Scottish families, parenting, and child benefit cuts

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Monday, October 22, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of Scottish families face multiple disadvantage, children say they want more time with parents, and a warning over impending child benefit cuts, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Academy U-turn, female genital mutilation, and Teach First to expand

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Monday, November 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Primary governors at a London school reverse their decision to convert to academy status, a 10-point action plan on female genital mutilation prosecutions is launched, and government proposals to expand Teach First, all in the news today.

In Focus: Family support

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

All the research shows that it is never too early to transform a child's life chances. The school readiness gap between disadvantaged children and their peers can be as wide as 19 months on their first day of school and once children have fallen behind, their chances of catching up are slim.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

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Ditch ‘bedroom tax' to save more children from poverty

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

Daily roundup: Child protection, a charity merger, and the Fair4Families campaign

Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

Daily roundup: Public health, free schools, and a briefing for lead members on sexual exploitation

Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition

Daily roundup: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school

Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services

Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers

Strategy calls for focus on children, not families, in bid to end poverty

Daily roundup: Homeless families, job satisfaction, and call for Royal Commission on child abuse

InFocus: New Year's resolutions

Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children

Daily roundup: Vocational training, health and parenting

Unfair welfare cuts will heighten child poverty

Daily roundup: Pupil premium plus, inequality in schools and retirement for the chief executive of the YJB

Seeking the way out of child poverty

Daily roundup: Looked-after children, ADHD drugs, and food banks

Daily roundup: Unemployment, digital footprints and sexual exploitation

Daily roundup: Single parents, online safety for autistic children and drugs education

Daily roundup: 'Severe hardship' for Scottish families, parenting, and child benefit cuts

Daily roundup: Academy U-turn, female genital mutilation, and Teach First to expand

In Focus: Family support

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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