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Childcare needs bold solutions on funding

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 27, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Just a few weeks into her premiership, Prime Minister Liz Truss has demonstrated she is not afraid to take bold but difficult decisions. Removing the cap on bankers’ bonuses, scrapping plans for a UK Bill of Rights and pledging to restart fracking for shale gas to name three.

Families need urgent action on cost of living

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
    • | CYP Now
The UK will enter what is tipped to be, in economic terms, the toughest winter in the post-war era amid warnings from organisations like Barnardo’s and Action for Children that vulnerable families will be hit hardest.

Prioritise retention of children’s social workers

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Latest Department for Education workforce figures show the number of vacant social worker posts across children’s services departments in England rose by seven per cent in 2021 to a five-year high – accounting for one in six positions.

University access key to success of levelling up

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 1, 2022
    • | CYP Now
It is a decade since university tuition fees were raised from £3,000 to £9,000 per year. It was feared the rise would deter disadvantaged young people from going to university, yet latest figures from Ucas shows record numbers of 18-year-olds from poorer areas applied this year.

Today’s big challenges need collective efforts

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, December 22, 2021
    • | CYP Now
We start 2022 with a feeling of déjà vu. The emergence of the Omicron variant has derailed the fragile recovery from the pandemic and once again raised the possibility of children’s education being disrupted by school closures and Covid isolation.

Youth work is integral to rural communities

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 31, 2021
    • | CYP Now
My summer holiday was in Somerset. A village near our campsite had a recently built youth centre attached to the community hall. A sign advertised the one two-hour session for young people each week, on a Thursday evening. But when we went back on the Thursday evening the club was shut and no young people were around.

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