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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.

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Poor families will be hit hard by government plans to shave a further £4bn from the welfare bill in 2015/16, charities have warned.

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

Other

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.

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

News

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the National Children's Bureau is to step down after three years in charge, it has been announced.

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

Other

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.

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Safeguards to protect children from "intrusive and stressful" bailiffs are to be introduced by the government.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

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

Other

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.

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

News

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of children living in the UK without legal immigration status are at risk of destitution and exploitation because of contradictory rules and regulations, a report by the University of Oxford has claimed.

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

News

Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

News

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

| CYP Now

The work of the Troubled Families initiative should form the basis of government attempts to boost life chances, a Conservative MP has said.

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| CYP Now

A fund that helps low-income families with living costs that are not covered by weekly benefits is set to be scrapped under the government's benefit reforms, it has emerged.

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

Other

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

Other

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

Other

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

Other

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

| CYP Now

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

Other

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

Other

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.

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

News

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

| CYP Now

A High Court judge is set to rule on the legality of controversial housing benefit cuts after a child poverty charity launched a legal challenge.

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Government changes to tax and benefits have hit families with young children and poorer households the hardest, a major study has found.

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Ditch ‘bedroom tax' to save more children from poverty

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

Daily roundup: Youth unemployment, benefits and child poverty

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

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

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

Safeguarding measures to shield children against bailiff action

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

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

Immigration rules leave thousands of children destitute, Oxford University finds

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

Tory Party Conference: MP advocates Troubled Families approach to boost life chances

Fears for low-income families as DWP plans to abolish Social Fund

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

Benefit cuts to be challenged in High Court

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

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