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Children’s services pressures driving £6.2bn funding gap, LGA warns

Friday, June 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authorities face a £6.2 billion funding gap over the next two years due in part to rising pressures on children’s services, new research from the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals.

Children’s minister unable to confirm child benefit allowance levels

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Friday, June 7, 2024

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Children’s minister David Johnston has come under fire after struggling to confirm the current child benefit allowance.

Young people urge next government to back ‘urgent' social care reforms

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

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A group of more than 70 children in care and care leavers have written an open letter to the leaders of all political parties ahead of July’s general election calling on them to back reform of the care system.

Two thirds of parliamentary constituencies blighted by high child poverty rates, study warns

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

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At least a quarter of children are living in poverty in two thirds of constituencies being contested during the upcoming general election, a study is warning.

Increase access to green spaces to solve play crisis, charity urges next government

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

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One in three children in Britain under the age of nine live more than a ten-minute walk from the nearest playground, a charity is warning ahead of the general election.

'Cautiously consider’ use of unproven violence prevention strategies, schools warned

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

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School and college leaders are being urged by a charity to “cautiously consider unproven” youth violence prevention strategies, including placing police in classrooms and corridors.

Most teachers providing food and clothing for disadvantaged children, research warns

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

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More than three-quarters of primary school teachers are spending their own money on basic food and clothing for their pupils, new research warns.

SEND funding overhaul 'should be a major priority' for next government, says think-tank

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

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Overhauling education funding to ensure schools can better meet rising demand for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) needs to be a priority for the next government, a think-tank is warning.

Councils cannot refuse responsibility for lone migrant children, High Court rules

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

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Local authorities cannot legally refuse responsibility for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children arriving in their area on the grounds that they cannot safely accommodate them, a High Court judge has ruled.