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Daily roundup: Out-of-work benefits, school preparedness, and legal system
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- Monday, April 28, 2014
New sanctions introduced for long-term unemployed; schoolchildren still wearing nappies study finds; and children to give evidence away from court through pilot study, all in the news today.
Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive
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- Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The chief executive of the National Children's Bureau is to step down after three years in charge, it has been announced.
Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars
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- Friday, February 7, 2014
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.
Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans
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- Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.
Legal Update: Caring for refugee children
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- Monday, September 28, 2015
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.
Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty
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- Tuesday, July 16, 2013
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.
Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget
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- Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Poor families will be hit hard by government plans to shave a further £4bn from the welfare bill in 2015/16, charities have warned.
Ditch ‘bedroom tax' to save more children from poverty
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- Monday, May 13, 2013
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: Child protection, a charity merger, and the Fair4Families campaign
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- Monday, January 28, 2013
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: Public health, free schools, and a briefing for lead members on sexual exploitation
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- Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions
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- Monday, November 12, 2012
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.
Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action
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- Friday, February 17, 2012
Safeguards to protect children from "intrusive and stressful" bailiffs are to be introduced by the government.
Miliband: Families face a cost of living crisis
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- Monday, February 28, 2011
Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned of a crisis among low- and middle-income families as a result of government austerity measures including the rise in VAT and the reductions in benefits.
Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy
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- Thursday, February 27, 2014
Government efforts to tackle child poverty over the next three years will focus on getting parents into work, decreasing living costs and boosting educational attainment for the poorest children.
Daily roundup: Parental leave, free school breakfasts and North Yorkshire children's services
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- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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: Foster children's rights, SEN reforms, and the cost of sending a child to school
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- Thursday, October 25, 2012
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: £1.5bn for childcare reform, votes at 16, and tackling drug and alcohol misuse among parents
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- Friday, January 25, 2013
Childcare reforms tipped to be announced next week, MPs show support for lowering the voting age, and the financial benefits of drug and alcohol support for families, all in the news today.
Child maintenance reforms will 'penalise single parents'
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- Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Proposals to reform the child maintenance system will leave many lone parents worse off, causing children's welfare to suffer, research suggests.
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