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Bill to remove profit from children’s care introduced into Welsh Senedd

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

A bill to remove profit from the care of looked-after children has been laid before the Welsh parliament.

General Election 2024: What the children and young people's sector wants to see from the next government

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Charities supporting children and young people have released manifestos detailing what they want from the next government in the run up to the general election after more than a decade of cuts to public services.

Birmingham Children’s Trust under fire over disclosing child's information

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has criticised Birmingham Children’s Trust for disclosing the personal information of a child to another nearby family.

‘Critical opportunities’ missed to prevent Arthur Labinjo-Hughes death, review finds

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| CYP Now

An independent review into the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes at the hands of his father and step-mother finds that three “critical opportunities” which could have saved him were missed by authorities.

Young people: 'We are begging next government to improve children's services'

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Young people have told cross-party MPs in Westminster that they are "not asking, but begging" the next government to change the system around children's social care.

Questions over plans to water down mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

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Monday, May 13, 2024

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The chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has criticised the government over watering down plans for the mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse.

Councils urged to appoint early permanence experts to boost adoption rates

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

| CYP Now

Councils are being urged to identify "early permanence champions" within their organisations to lead on increasing local adoption rates.

Frank Field: Children’s campaigners pay tribute to 'inspirational' peer

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Tributes have been paid by children’s campaigners to former Labour Party minister Frank Field after his death aged 81.

North of England councils face ‘£25bn children in care burden’, claims report

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Councils in the North of England are paying an extra £25bn to place children in care compared with local authorities in the South, a report is claiming.

Government moves family support programme to DfE

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

| CYP Now

The government’s Supporting Families programme is being moved from the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities to the Department for Education.

Bradford: Outdoor centre to close as part of budget cuts

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Monday, March 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Bradford councillors have agreed to sell off an outdoor residential centre for children as part of £40 million worth of cuts to its budget.

Campaign aims to challenge foster care stereotypes

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Foster Wales is working to amplify young people’s voice to challenge stereotypes and stigma faced by children in care.

Call to end deprivation of children’s liberty in unregulated settings

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

| CYP Now

The government is being called on to “urgently” halt the practice of using deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders to place vulnerable young people in unregulated settings.

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

A £165 million boost to increase children’s homes capacity in England is among measures to support children and families included in the government’s latest budget.

Birmingham councillors approve £100m cuts to children and families services

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Services for children, young people and families in Birmingham face a funding drop of more than £100 million after councillors approved what are thought to be the biggest budget cuts in local authority history.

Extend corporate parenting across public services, say MPs and peers

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Corporate parenting duties on councils should be extended across a raft of other public sector organisations, including the NHS and government departments, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers.

Council and children’s trust relationship at risk of ‘complete breakdown’

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

The relationship between Bradford Council and the trust that runs children’s services in the city is blighted by tensions around spending and at risk of completely breaking down, warns a government-commissioned review.

Ofsted to delay first supported accommodation inspections

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

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Ofsted will delay inspections of supported accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds for six months after receiving an “exceptionally high” number of registration requests, the inspectorate has announced.

Children’s services spending ‘biggest short-term pressure for councils’, say leaders

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

| CYP Now

Spending on children’s services, including support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), is the biggest short-term pressure facing local authorities struggling to balance their budgets, according to two-thirds of councils.

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The Home Secretary's plans to push through a law requiring professionals working with young people to report child sexual abuse must be "properly funded and resourced" before being implemented, sector leaders have said.

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Bill to remove profit from children’s care introduced into Welsh Senedd

General Election 2024: What the children and young people's sector wants to see from the next government

Birmingham Children’s Trust under fire over disclosing child's information

‘Critical opportunities’ missed to prevent Arthur Labinjo-Hughes death, review finds

Young people: 'We are begging next government to improve children's services'

Questions over plans to water down mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

Councils urged to appoint early permanence experts to boost adoption rates

Frank Field: Children’s campaigners pay tribute to 'inspirational' peer

North of England councils face ‘£25bn children in care burden’, claims report

Government moves family support programme to DfE

Bradford: Outdoor centre to close as part of budget cuts

Campaign aims to challenge foster care stereotypes

Call to end deprivation of children’s liberty in unregulated settings

Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

Birmingham councillors approve £100m cuts to children and families services

Extend corporate parenting across public services, say MPs and peers

Council and children’s trust relationship at risk of ‘complete breakdown’

Ofsted to delay first supported accommodation inspections

Children’s services spending ‘biggest short-term pressure for councils’, say leaders

Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse 'must be properly funded'

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