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Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Judges should avoid taking part in official probes into child deaths in order to maintain the independence of the judiciary, England's most senior family court judge has said.

Children and Social Work Bill receives Royal Assent

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Friday, April 28, 2017

| CYP Now

A raft of new measures designed to boost support for children and young people will become law after the Children and Social Work Bill received Royal Assent.

Youth reoffending rises to highest level on record

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

| CYP Now

The proportion of young people committing further offences within 12 months of being convicted has hit a record high.

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The Council of Europe has called on the British government to take urgent action to improve the safety of young people held in custody.

DfE hands care leaver project £3.7m innovation funding

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Friday, April 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A pioneering housing project where care leavers are involved with refurbishing empty properties that they then move into has been handed £3.7m in innovation funding from the Department for Education to expand it into five new areas.

DfE urged to take action on 'hidden children' missing education

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Monday, March 27, 2017

| CYP Now

The Department for Education must update statutory guidance for local authorities as part of attempts to prevent thousands of children missing education, a children's charity has suggested.

Charity highlights impact of repeated moves for children living in poverty

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Monday, March 27, 2017

| CYP Now

The stress and uncertainty of repeatedly packing up their lives and moving home is becoming a "worryingly normal" part of life for some children growing up in poverty, a charity has warned.

Behaviour tsar calls for 'internal inclusion units' in schools

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Friday, March 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Government should fund schools to create internal inclusion units to offer targeted early specialist intervention for children with behavioural problems, a government adviser has said.

'Problem-solving' courts for young offenders to be trialled

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to improve the way young offenders are dealt with are to be tested, with problem-solving courts set to be established across England.

Councils 'failing to support children in need of help', inquiry finds

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Monday, March 20, 2017

| CYP Now

Local authorities are too often failing to support children and families who need help because they are focusing all their resources on the most serious cases, a major year-long inquiry has found.

Government introduces law to tackle sexual communications to children

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Monday, March 20, 2017

| CYP Now

Adults who communicate with children using sexual language could face up to two years in prison and be automatically placed on the sex offenders register, according to a new law announced today.

Charities unite to push government for child disability support

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Friday, March 17, 2017

| CYP Now

A number of charities are joining forces to launch a campaign to press the government for better support for disabled children.

Police 'failing to deal appropriately' with children missing from care

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Friday, March 10, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity has called for police forces to improve their handling of missing children cases after it emerged some are inappropriately categorising those who are missing from care as "absent".

Timpson announces plans to improve young carer identification

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Thursday, March 9, 2017

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is drawing up plans to make it easier to identify children and young people who have caring responsibilities, with a cross-government strategy due to be published in the summer, children's minister Edward Timpson has confirmed.

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Courts will be required to take into account the overrepresentation of black and ethnic minority children in the youth justice system when they sentence children, under new guidance coming into force this summer.

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Munby advises judges to limit involvement in serious case reviews

Children and Social Work Bill receives Royal Assent

Youth reoffending rises to highest level on record

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

DfE hands care leaver project £3.7m innovation funding

DfE urged to take action on 'hidden children' missing education

Charity highlights impact of repeated moves for children living in poverty

Behaviour tsar calls for 'internal inclusion units' in schools

'Problem-solving' courts for young offenders to be trialled

Councils 'failing to support children in need of help', inquiry finds

Government introduces law to tackle sexual communications to children

Charities unite to push government for child disability support

Police 'failing to deal appropriately' with children missing from care

Timpson announces plans to improve young carer identification

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

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