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Children's charities urge Gove to protect voluntary sector from 'devastating cuts'
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- Wednesday, November 3, 2010 | CYP Now
Children and families' charities have written an open letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove expressing concern about the impact spending cuts will have on the most vulnerable children and the charities that support them.
Election 2010 update: Tory candidates from the children's sector fail to win seats
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- Friday, May 7, 2010 | CYP Now
Two highly publicised Conservative candidates from the children and young people's sector failed to get into parliament last night in tightly fought constituency battles.
Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics
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- Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | CYP Now
Food firms accused of bypassing ad rules, government summit to tackle child porn online, and a code of ethics for social workers, all in the news today.
Communication skills initiative launches in social mobility 'coldspot'
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- Thursday, June 20, 2019 | CYP Now
A Department for Education-funded scheme is aiming to boost social mobility for Derby's disadvantaged young people by helping to strengthen their communication skills.
Steve Reed is new shadow children's minister
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- Wednesday, June 26, 2019 | CYP Now
Steve Reed MP has been appointed the new shadow minister for children following the March resignation of Emma Lewell-Buck.
Government urged to reject teaching qualifications for early years professionals
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- Thursday, November 1, 2012 | CYP Now
The government should scrap plans to introduce teaching qualifications for early years professionals or risk damaging the quality of care provided to children, a trade union has warned.
Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner
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- Monday, December 10, 2012 | CYP Now
England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.
Benefits cap ‘will undo work to tackle child poverty'
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- Monday, January 7, 2013 | CYP Now
Government plans to cap benefit payments until 2015 will reverse efforts to reduce child poverty and plunder the income of low- to middle-earning families, charities have warned.
Ofsted to regain control of school and further education inspections
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- Thursday, May 29, 2014 | CYP Now
Ofsted will bring the management of all school and further education inspections back in-house, the inspectorate has confirmed.
Research questions value of free childcare for three-year-olds
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- Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | CYP Now
Free nursery entitlement for three-year-olds provides little benefit to their long-term development, according to latest research.
Corbyn attacks Tories over children's centre closures
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- Tuesday, May 9, 2017 | CYP Now
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the Conservatives over children's centre closures, as he officially launched the party's general election campaign.
Plan to recruit managers for nursery schools sparks legal challenge
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- Thursday, June 7, 2012 | CYP Now
A Scottish teaching union is seeking a judicial review over Glasgow City Council's decision to allow maintained nursery schools to be headed up by managers who are not trained as teachers.
Children and Families Bill SEN reforms branded a ‘lost opportunity'
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- Tuesday, February 5, 2013 | CYP Now
The government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms will create a two-tier system of support for children with disabilities, campaigners have warned.
Children and Families Act receives royal assent
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- Thursday, March 13, 2014 | CYP Now
The Children and Families Act has received royal assent, ushering in a raft of changes including adoption reforms, greater protection for vulnerable children and shared parental leave.
Health visitors report rise in children with communication difficulties
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- Wednesday, March 22, 2017 | CYP Now
There has been an eight per cent rise in health visitors reporting more children experiencing delayed language in the space of a single year, it has emerged.
ADCS brands plans to reduce child protection guidance 'detrimental'
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- Thursday, August 30, 2012 | CYP Now
The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned that government plans to reduce child protection guidance could be "detrimental" to professionals' ability to safeguard children.
Lib Dem conference: £100m capital funding for two-year-old entitlement
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- Tuesday, September 25, 2012 | CYP Now
Councils across England are to receive £100m of capital funding to help nurseries and childminders increase the number of places they offer, the Deputy Prime Minister has announced.
Two-year-old entitlement to be funded by cut to Early Intervention Grant
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- Friday, September 28, 2012 | CYP Now
Hundreds of millions of pounds allocated to fund free nursery places will be deducted from the Early Intervention Grant, reducing local authority children's services budgets across the country, it has emerged.
Leeds says job cuts will not hit frontline children's services
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- Tuesday, February 17, 2009 | CYP Now
Leeds City Council has insisted that frontline services for children and young people will not be seriously affected by recent job cuts forced upon it by the recession.
Call to boycott testing of four-year-olds
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- Wednesday, March 4, 2015 | CYP Now
Schools are being urged to boycott new testing arrangements for children in reception classes.
School transition project set for launch
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- Monday, April 20, 2015 | CYP Now
Early years providers are to develop closer working with primary schools in two English regions as part of a pilot project to improve the transition of children into formal education.
Morgan continues as Education Secretary as Gove to lead Ministry of Justice
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- Monday, May 11, 2015 | CYP Now
Nicky Morgan has been reappointed as Education Secretary after the Conservatives' surprise outright victory at last Thursday's general election.
Coronavirus daily update: Friday 19 June
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- Friday, June 19, 2020 | CYP Now
The government has unveiled a £1bn package funding for schools in England to help pupils catch up on lost learning following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus daily update: Friday 17 July
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- Friday, July 17, 2020 | CYP Now
The government sets out plans for how its 12 Opportunity Areas will support recovery from the pandemic in England's most deprived communities.
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