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Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and families minister Edward Timpson has praised the efforts of people working to improve children, young people and families' lives, at the 2012 CYP Now Awards.

Winners of 2014 CYP Now Awards revealed on celebratory night

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Friday, November 21, 2014

| CYP Now

A small charity that helps parents in prison keep in touch with their children, providing a lifeline for thousands of disadvantaged families, has won the CYP Now 2014 Award for Children and Young People's Charity of the Year.

Guide helps children's professionals understand key election pledges

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children & Young People Now presents the definitive guide to what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on key issues for children, young people and families.

Charity founders knighted in New Year's Honours

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Monday, January 4, 2016

| CYP Now

A philanthropist whose charity has contributed more than £100m to support young people and the founder of a think-tank on living standards have both been knighted in the New Year's Honours list.

Budget: Five key priorities to be addressed

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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services, a “properly remunerated” childcare workforce and clarity on pay for kinship carers are among issues the sector has called for the Chancellor to include in his Budget.

Five key points Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has faced questions from the education select committee on the impact of Covid-19 on the education sector and disadvantaged children.

Department for Education announces major restructure

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Thursday, February 17, 2022

| CYP Now

Plans outlining a reorganisation of the Department for Education from 1 April have been published.

Teaching assistants quitting to find ‘better paid supermarket jobs’

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

| CYP Now

Teaching assistants are among a raft of low paid education and health workers quitting in favour of roles in the retail sector with better wages, Unison is warning.

Children’s commissioner calls for greater distribution of family hubs

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Monday, December 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Increased numbers of family hubs and improvements to the government’s Start for Life scheme are among calls made by the children’s commissioner for England to improve family life for children.

Government funding to boost education for children in disadvantaged areas

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

| CYP Now

The government has revealed further details of funding aimed at “levelling-up” opportunities for families in the most disadvantaged areas.

Budget 2023: Key announcements for children and young people

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

| CYP Now

Childcare reforms and support for struggling families are among a raft of measures announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt in his 2023 Budget.

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

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

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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.

Anti-bullying guidance published by 4Children

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

| CYP Now

New guidance has been issued by a children's charity as part of a multi-pronged attempt to tackle bullying.

UK near bottom of child wellbeing table

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

| CYP Now

The UK has been ranked near the bottom of a league table of child wellbeing in European countries put together by researchers at the University of York.

Norfolk children's charities hit by 1m of council cuts

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Friday, February 5, 2010

| CYP Now

Children's charities across Norfolk have been left in shock after being told they have fallen victim to 1m worth of children's services cuts.

Former cabinet minister calls for social reforms

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

| CYP Now

Former home secretary David Blunkett has called for a range of reforms to address a lack of social mobility in Britain.

Cards scheme to improve services in Leicester

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

| CYP Now

Leicester City Council is giving information cards to its children's services workers to improve practice.

Councils told to use social networking to engage children

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

| CYP Now

Local government leaders should consider using social networking sites to incorporate children's views when commissioning services, according to a local government think tank.

Damning report blasts government's children's rights record

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

| CYP Now

MPs and Lords have slammed the government for failing to safeguard children's rights, in a damning report to mark the 20th anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Speculation grows over who will replace Ed Balls and Beverley Hughes

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

| CYP Now

Betting on who will be the next Chancellor was suspended at 9am yesterday after bookies' favourite Children's Secretary Ed Balls was backed heavily over the weekend.

Labour Conference 2010: Miliband seeks policies that enhance family life

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

| CYP Now

"Family-friendly employment" must be at the centre of attempts to rebuild the economy because "there is more to life than the bottom line", the new leader of the Labour party has announced.

Labour Conference 2010: Children's professionals called on to challenge government's plans for cuts

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

| CYP Now

Professionals and volunteers working with families have been told they have a responsibility to challenge the government on its deficit reduction plans and demand the most vulnerable are protected from budget cuts.

Loughton trusts local leaders to safeguard early intervention funds

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

| CYP Now

Local authority leaders must be trusted not to spend money intended for early intervention on other services, children's minister Tim Loughton has said.

Forty-one per cent of serious case reviews 'inadequate', says Ofsted

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

| CYP Now

Forty-one per cent of serious case reviews have been judged as inadequate since April 2007, Ofsted has said.

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Timpson praises workforce's achievements at CYP Now Awards

Winners of 2014 CYP Now Awards revealed on celebratory night

Guide helps children's professionals understand key election pledges

Charity founders knighted in New Year's Honours

Budget: Five key priorities to be addressed

Five key points Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

Department for Education announces major restructure

Teaching assistants quitting to find ‘better paid supermarket jobs’

Children’s commissioner calls for greater distribution of family hubs

Government funding to boost education for children in disadvantaged areas

Budget 2023: Key announcements for children and young people

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

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

Anti-bullying guidance published by 4Children

UK near bottom of child wellbeing table

Norfolk children's charities hit by 1m of council cuts

Former cabinet minister calls for social reforms

Cards scheme to improve services in Leicester

Councils told to use social networking to engage children

Damning report blasts government's children's rights record

Speculation grows over who will replace Ed Balls and Beverley Hughes

Labour Conference 2010: Miliband seeks policies that enhance family life

Labour Conference 2010: Children's professionals called on to challenge government's plans for cuts

Loughton trusts local leaders to safeguard early intervention funds

Forty-one per cent of serious case reviews 'inadequate', says Ofsted

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