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Children’s charities on issues the next government must prioritise

Monday, July 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Improved special educational needs support, expansion of social prescribing to boost youth mental health and investment in health visiting services are key policy asks sought by children’s charities, finds Amrit Virdi.

Council spending on early years and children’s services set for dramatic real-terms increase, data shows

News

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on early years provision is set to increase by almost half this year while children’s social care costs could see a real terms increase of 11%, according to government data.

Factors in shrinking workforce

Analysis

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

NYA’s first workforce survey highlights lack of younger youth workers amid rising demand for services.

Baby deaths reveal culture of poor practice

Analysis

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

High-profile deaths of two babies in preventable incidents in nurseries have raised wider issues over safeguarding procedures.

Five ways social care can build on the foundations of the last parliamentary

Analysis

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The last parliament provided a rich foundation for sustained action in children’s social care. We saw encouraging cross-party consensus on the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care and the National Panel reports.

Longfield calls for new government poverty unit ahead of general election

News

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for the next government to establish a poverty unit sitting within Downing Street as part of a 10-point plan to halve child poverty by 2029.

The hits and misses of a ‘patchy’ parliament for children’s services

Analysis

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

The past five years saw a pandemic, Brexit fallout, the cost-of-living crisis and regular political upheaval. For children’s services, there was progress and missed opportunities. Experts pick the key developments.

A strategy to deliver an ambitious mission for children

Blogs

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| CYP Now

In its Missions for Government, Labour has set out ambitious goals for our children. This includes a promise to boost child development so that half a million more children attain the early learning goals by 2030.