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Brexit effect on vulnerable children and families begins to unravel
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Analysis
- Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Meeting of charity leaders to discuss the impact of Brexit on vulnerable children and families warns that the UK leaving the European Union could put children's rights, safeguarding and economic welfare at risk.
Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children
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Analysis
- Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.
Legal Update: Caring for refugee children
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Other
- 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.
Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight
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Other
- Monday, September 28, 2015
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?
Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary
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News
- Monday, September 14, 2015
New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.
Timpson to take on responsibility for ‘character and resilience'
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News
- Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Children's minister Edward Timpson has been handed new responsibilities for boosting the ‘character and resilience' of young people and tackling bullying, the Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed.
Children's social workers to learn psychology techniques in trailblazer project
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News
- Thursday, January 22, 2015
All children's social workers will be trained in advanced psychological counselling techniques as part of a radical shake-up of child protection services in Hertfordshire, funded with nearly £5m of government money.
Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans
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News
- 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.
County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services
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News
- Wednesday, September 17, 2014
County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.
Troubled Families expansion to focus on younger children and health problems
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News
- Tuesday, August 19, 2014
An expansion of the Troubled Families initiative is to focus on tackling poor health and supporting children under the age of five, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed.
Daily roundup: Children's commissioner, voodoo and bullying
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Other
- Friday, June 20, 2014
Review into Welsh children's commissioner role begins; United Nations' report warns of children being trafficked for witchcraft rituals; and children with special needs more likely to be bullied, all in the news today.
Emotional abuse of children to become criminal offence
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News
- Thursday, June 5, 2014
Proposals in the Queen's Speech to make emotional neglect of children a criminal offence have been welcomed by leading children's charities.
Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars
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Other
- 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.
Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes
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News
- Monday, December 16, 2013
Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Child poverty, child protection and troubled families
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Other
- Monday, December 9, 2013
Child poverty at lowest level for a generation, study finds; five-year-old taken into care for being overweight; and "turned around" troubled families in Sunderland don't get jobs, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Judge criticises social workers, female offenders, and home tuition
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Other
- Friday, October 25, 2013
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: Troubled families, sexual exploitation, and childhood obesity
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Other
- Tuesday, September 10, 2013
14,000 families turned around in government scheme; authorities failing sexually exploited Asian girls; and health visitors "worry about offending parents", all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Outstanding schools, Teather quits, and foster carers
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Other
- Monday, September 9, 2013
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.
Daily roundup: Child trafficking, GCSEs, and free childcare
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Other
- Monday, September 2, 2013
Increase in number of trafficked children, pupils have to keep studying English and maths, and free childcare for deprived two-year-olds takes effect, all in the news today.
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