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Care Act offers hope of better support for young carers

Friday, May 16, 2014

| CYP Now

A raft of measures designed to improve support for young carers have come into force after the Care Bill received royal assent on Thursday.

NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children's charities

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people's charities face funding cuts of almost £405m over the five years up to 2015/16, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) has estimated.

Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

Fears councils will struggle to meet young carer duties

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils will not be able to meet legal commitments to support young carers that come into force today, campaigners have warned.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted's director of social care Debbie Jones has resigned her post, CYP Now can reveal.

Queen's Speech: 30-hour free childcare plans ‘unlikely to succeed', charities warn

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to extend free childcare for three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week outlined in today's Queen's Speech will fail unless the government provides greater financial support, it has been claimed.

LSCBs in crisis due to funding shortfall, report reveals

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Monday, June 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Local safeguarding children's boards (LSCB) are at "breaking point" because their health, criminal justice and education members are failing to provide enough funding or attend meetings, according to a damning report.

Home Office unveils statutory FGM guidance

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Statutory guidance for how children's social workers, doctors, police and teachers should deal with suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been published by government as part of attempts to protect potential victims.

Mapped: Councils providing free school meals over half term and Christmas holidays

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Friday, October 30, 2020

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been forced to step-in over the October half term to provide free school meals for vulnerable children.

Covid-19 ‘having a devastating impact on children’s rights’

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Friday, November 20, 2020

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 pandemic is having a “devastating impact on children’s rights, wellbeing and futures”, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned.

More children of working parents living in poverty

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Monday, February 10, 2020

| CYP Now

Four million children in the UK are now living in poverty with many coming from working families, a new report shows.

Truss reportedly scraps Bill of Rights

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

| CYP Now

Reports that Prime Minister Liz Truss has shelved plans for a new Bill of Rights has been described as an “incredible relief” for children.

Autumn statement: Cross-party MPs support free school meal extension

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

| CYP Now

Two thirds of MPs are backing calls for government to extend free school meal (FSM) eligibility to include all pupils from families receiving universal credit in the autumn statement, a survey has revealed.

Annual average child spend revealed

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Monday, January 25, 2010

| CYP Now

Unitary authorities in England have budgeted to spend an average of 3,280 per child this year, new figures reveal.

Campaigners call for 'Robin Hood tax' to cut child poverty

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

| CYP Now

Barnardo's, Save the Children and the National Union of Teachers are among almost 50 organisations calling for a "Robin Hood tax" on banks' financial transactions.