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CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2016

Monday, December 19, 2016

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With the UK voting to leave the European Union, a new Prime Minister and government installed, policy u-turns, and an influx of children and families from war-torn Syria, 2016 has been a turbulent year. Here is a run-down of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

Council spending on child protection and care surges by £280m

Friday, December 16, 2016

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Council spending on child protection and children in care services has risen by £280m this year as local areas struggle to cope with increasing demand on services.

Children's centre spending cut by further £90m

Thursday, September 29, 2016

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Councils are set to spend £90m less providing services from children's centres, government figures show.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Monday, June 6, 2016

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Councils have missed a first year target for numbers of families they worked with in the first year of the government's high profile troubled families initiative, it has emerged.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Monday, June 6, 2016

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Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2015

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

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With a general election, new policy announcements, ongoing austerity measures and high-profile charity closures, 2015 was another busy year in the children and young people sector. Here is a rundown of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

Council children's centre funding cuts double in a year

Thursday, December 10, 2015

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The pace of cuts to local authority spending on children's centres has doubled over the past year, latest council figures reveal.

Troubled Families programme ‘wastes millions of pounds'

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

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The government's flagship Troubled Families initiative is working with the wrong families in the wrong way and is likely to be wasting millions of pounds, a report has claimed.

Hampshire DCS set to take on chief executive role

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

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Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan is set to be appointed as the council's chief executive next week.

Councils to ‘fare worst' in Spending Review

Friday, October 2, 2015

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Local authorities will fare worst out of £11.3bn of cuts set to be outlined in next month's Spending Review, a think-tank has claimed.

CYP Now Awards 2015 shortlist revealed

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

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The shortlist for the 2015 Children & Young People Now Awards has been determined in another record-breaking year for entries.

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

Thursday, July 23, 2015

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Runaway and missing children are being exploited by criminal gangs in order to expand inner city drug networks into county towns, a study has found.

Judges enlisted for 2015 CYP Now Awards as entries reach record high

Friday, July 17, 2015

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The judging panel for the 2015 Children & Young People Now Awards has been confirmed.

Eight new members join education select committee

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

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The makeup of the education select committee has been finalised, with the majority of the membership sitting on the scrutiny body for the first time.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

Monday, June 8, 2015

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Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

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Efforts to increase provision of free childcare and expand the troubled families initiative will be monitored by new taskforces, the government has announced.

Guide helps children's professionals understand key election pledges

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

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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.

Ofsted's Debbie Jones quits social care director post

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

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

Youth charities receive social impact bond investment

Friday, March 20, 2015

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A charity that aims to improve the lives of teenagers by recruiting them as mentors for vulnerable toddlers is among four programmes to win social impact bond (SIB) funding through the Youth Engagement Fund.

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

Friday, February 27, 2015

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Urgent action is needed in schools to warn pupils as young as seven of the dangers of gang involvement, according to a report by MPs.

Future ADCS president warns of challenge to save DCS role

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

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Directors of children's services (DCSs) face a fight to protect their role, with more than half now responsible for other directorates or services, the vice president-elect of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Le Grand among those recognised in New Year's honours

Monday, January 5, 2015

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The author of a damning review of Birmingham's children's services is among more than 100 people, including youth workers, foster carers and social workers, awarded a New Year's honour in recognition of their work with children and young people.

Winners of 2014 CYP Now Awards revealed on celebratory night

Friday, November 21, 2014

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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.

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

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Youth workers should receive basic mental health training as part of a shake-up of services in order to support young people in gangs, MPs have been told.

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

Monday, September 29, 2014

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Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

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