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General election 2019: Key policy guide
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Analysis
- Tuesday, November 26, 2019 | CYP Now
Derren Hayes analyses what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on the key policy battlegrounds for the children, young people and families sector at the coming general election.
Councils 'fail to equip' care leavers to manage their money
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News
- Thursday, September 15, 2016 | CYP Now
??Young people leaving the care system are falling into debt and losing benefits due to insufficient financial education and support from councils, research has found.
Big jump in B&B use for homeless families
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News
- Friday, December 18, 2015 | CYP Now
The number of homeless families with children being placed in emergency bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation has rocketed by 45 per cent over the last year.
Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old
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News
- Tuesday, December 15, 2015 | CYP Now
A council has been rebuked for the second time in two years by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for its treatment of homeless young people.
Lack of support to blame for care leaver housing problems, report finds
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News
- Monday, September 21, 2015 | CYP Now
Children's services departments are not doing enough to secure good quality housing support for care leavers and other vulnerable teenagers, The Children's Society has said.
Housing benefit axe could drive up youth homelessness, warns YMCA
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News
- Friday, June 19, 2015 | CYP Now
Plans to withdraw housing benefit for 18- to 21-year-olds threatens to decimate efforts to tackle youth homelessness and unemployment, YMCA England has warned.
Homelessness support fails families with young children, report finds
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News
- Wednesday, February 11, 2015 | CYP Now
Support for the estimated 15,700 babies living in homeless households needs to urgently improve, a damning report by the NSPCC and Anna Freud Centre has found.
Vulnerable young Londoners to benefit from building skills scheme
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News
- Wednesday, January 14, 2015 | CYP Now
Vulnerable young people across London are to receive training in construction skills through a £10m joint initiative run by the Mayor of London and charity The Big Issue.
Government climbdown on plan to scrap council crisis fund
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News
- Thursday, September 18, 2014 | CYP Now
The government is to reconsider plans to scrap a fund that helps support young people in crisis after legal action was launched to challenge the decision.
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