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Quango cull will not save money or improve accountability, warn MPs

Friday, January 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Proposals to scrap quangos, including several in the children's sector, will not save money or improve accountability, a group of MPs has warned.

Children's commissioner should be merged with children's rights director, Dunford recommends

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Monday, December 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The role of children's commissioner for England should be merged with the Office of the Children's Rights Director, John Dunford, the former general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, has recommended in his review published today.

DfE launches transitional fund for children's services projects

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

| CYP Now

A transitional two-year funding programme has been launched by the Department for Education (DfE) to support vital children's services while providers identify alternative finance, CYP Now has learned.

Sir Paul Ennals warns that focus on teaching threatens other children's services

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| CYP Now

Chief executive of the National Children's Bureau Sir Paul Ennals has warned that the severity of spending cuts coupled with the government's focus on teaching is putting other vital children's services at risk.

Cumbria children's services jobs at risk

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Monday, November 29, 2010

| CYP Now

Around 300 children's services posts are at risk in Cumbria as the county council braces itself for a raft of cuts to government grants.

Gove hails 'inspiring' workforce at CYP Now Awards

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Friday, November 19, 2010

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove has paid tribute to all those who work with children, young people and families at the 2010 CYP Now Awards.

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2010 announced

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

| CYP Now

A group of looked-after children who produced a film about domestic abuse and a national campaign to change perceptions of young people with facial disfigurements were among the winners of this year's Children & Young People Now Awards.

House of Lords peers urged to challenge Public Bodies Bill to save children's commissioner

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

| CYP Now

Children's Rights Alliance England (Crae) is calling on House of Lords peers to challenge the Public Bodies Bill which, if passed, could see the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England abolished or merged.

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.

CYP Now expert panel responds to spending review

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

| CYP Now

In the wake of the spending review leading figures tell CYP Now how they think government cuts will impact on professionals, children and families.

NCB's Ennals throws down the gauntlet to children's services

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

| CYP Now

Sir Paul Ennals, chief executive of the National Children's Bureau, gives his considered verdict on the spending review to CYP Now.

Spending Review: The sector delivers its verdict

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

| CYP Now

As the dust settles following the government's comprehensive spending review, experts reflect on what the announcement could mean for the children's sector.

Inequality still rife in schools, says human rights commission

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Monday, October 11, 2010

| CYP Now

Gay, lesbian and bisexual pupils, those with special educational needs and children from black communities continue to be among the worst hit by inequality in schools, according to a damning Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report.

Andy Burnham appointed as shadow education secretary

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Friday, October 8, 2010

| CYP Now

Andy Burnham has been appointed shadow education secretary by new Labour leader Ed Miliband.

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.

Children's sector quangos face axe

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Friday, September 24, 2010

| CYP Now

An advisory group on teenage pregnancy and the national negotiating body for school support staff are among 177 taxpayer-funded quangos to be abolished, according to a leaked Cabinet Office list.

CRAE seeks support for new powerful children's rights commissioner

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

| CYP Now

The Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) is asking organisations to support a set of minimum requirements for a new Office of Children's Rights Commissioner.

Make it easier for ex-offenders to get jobs, urges Nacro

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Monday, September 13, 2010

| CYP Now

A report calling for the reform of laws that make it hard for people with criminal convictions to get a job has been released.

Anti-aggression drugs for teenagers suggested in Treasury consultation

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

| CYP Now

Lowering the school leaving age to 14 and injecting young offenders with testosterone-reducing drugs to curb aggression are among a raft of ideas to emerge from the Treasury's public consultation on spending cuts.

Government adviser Andrew Povey questions efficacy of safeguarding boards, YJB and Cafcass

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

| CYP Now

A government adviser has suggested Local Safeguarding Children Boards and the Youth Justice Board are unnecessary, and that the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) should be scrapped.

Education reforms for pupils in juvenile custody delayed

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

| CYP Now

Moves to give young people in custody the same entitlement to education as mainstream pupils have been pushed back by six months, CYP Now has learned.

Pickles to scrap remaining regional government offices

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Friday, July 23, 2010

| CYP Now

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced plans to abolish the remaining eight regional government offices.

Government to switch off ContactPoint in August

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

| CYP Now

The ContactPoint database is to be shut down on 6 August, children's minister Tim Loughton has confirmed.

ASCL's John Dunford to review children's commissioner role

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Monday, July 12, 2010

| CYP Now

General secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) John Dunford has been asked to conduct an independent review of the office, role and functions of the children's commissioner for England.

Emergency Budget: Osborne's plans 'will hurt poorest families'

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

| CYP Now

Children, young people and families are in line to bear the brunt of the measures announced in the Budget to reduce the country's deficit, sector leaders have warned.

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Quango cull will not save money or improve accountability, warn MPs

Children's commissioner should be merged with children's rights director, Dunford recommends

DfE launches transitional fund for children's services projects

Sir Paul Ennals warns that focus on teaching threatens other children's services

Cumbria children's services jobs at risk

Gove hails 'inspiring' workforce at CYP Now Awards

Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2010 announced

House of Lords peers urged to challenge Public Bodies Bill to save children's commissioner

Children's charities urge Gove to protect voluntary sector from 'devastating cuts'

CYP Now expert panel responds to spending review

NCB's Ennals throws down the gauntlet to children's services

Spending Review: The sector delivers its verdict

Inequality still rife in schools, says human rights commission

Andy Burnham appointed as shadow education secretary

Labour Conference 2010: Miliband seeks policies that enhance family life

Children's sector quangos face axe

CRAE seeks support for new powerful children's rights commissioner

Make it easier for ex-offenders to get jobs, urges Nacro

Anti-aggression drugs for teenagers suggested in Treasury consultation

Government adviser Andrew Povey questions efficacy of safeguarding boards, YJB and Cafcass

Education reforms for pupils in juvenile custody delayed

Pickles to scrap remaining regional government offices

Government to switch off ContactPoint in August

ASCL's John Dunford to review children's commissioner role

Emergency Budget: Osborne's plans 'will hurt poorest families'

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