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Army of childminders can help bridge the gap

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 20, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Social mobility is thankfully all the rage these days, and the free childcare entitlement is a crucial policy to help all children get the best start in life regardless of background.

Can good services remain standing?

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 21, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Like the suffocating drone of vuvuzelas, cuts continue to dominate the atmosphere in the children's services arena and in public services more generally.

Children need a long-term plan in this spending abyss

    Other
  • Tuesday, October 30, 2012
  • | CYP Now
The country might be out of recession (again), but with the size of the deficit still enormous, public spending shows no sign of returning to growth. In our special report, we examine the long-term challenges and consequences of children's services spend continuing to fall during this decade.

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.

Gove gives joint working a rude jolt

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 6, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Michael Gove's revelation to CYP Now that a Conservative government will remove obligations on local authorities to have children's trusts in place will come as a thunderbolt for children's services, particularly in their efforts to safeguard children and enable them to thrive.

Editorial: The defiance of Sharon Shoesmith

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 10, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Haringey's former director of children's services has now told her side of the Baby P story. Strikingly, three months on, the ability to unequivocally say sorry still eludes Sharon Shoesmith in the interviews that surfaced last weekend.

Sector must influence the coalition

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 17, 2010
  • | CYP Now
They say that a week is a long time in politics. Quite. As predicted in these pages for many months, the new Tory Secretary of State Michael Gove has renamed the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) as the Department for Education.

Chance for child health to come of age

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 19, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Last week's health white paper outlined radical reforms to the NHS. So will it improve children's health and partnership working? There are grounds for anxiety and for hope.

Labour must produce a clear vision for children

    Other
  • Tuesday, March 18, 2014
  • | CYP Now
After a slow start, Labour seems to be finding its feet in opposition. But with a general election a little over a year away, time is running out for the party to produce a coherent policy vision for children, young people and families.

Election result prolongs uncertainty

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 10, 2010
  • | CYP Now
At the time of writing -- on the historically uncertain afternoon of Friday 7 May -- the Conservatives were about to enter into negotiations with the Liberal Democrats about helping them to form a government.

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