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Daily roundup: Free school meals, vitamin D, and Bedroom Tax

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Whitehall raises concerns over viability of free school meals; Nice calls for expansion of use of vitamin D supplements; and judicial review launched into child exemption from Bedroom Tax, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Job support, family courts and child poverty

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Intensive support trialled for jobless 16- and 17-year-olds not receiving benefits; adoption hearing cancelled due to lack of translators; and report reveals impact of recession on child poverty, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Class sizes, inspections and childcare

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Infant school class sizes on the rise; Slough children's centres group rated inadequate; and parliamentary childcare inquiry launched, all in the news today.

Cut food waste and support food banks to tackle poverty

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

All the seasonal festivities are now behind us. The Christmas period inevitably saw countless turkeys ordered while the supermarket shelves groaned, ready for the last few days of manic stocking-up.

In Focus: Family support

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

All the research shows that it is never too early to transform a child's life chances. The school readiness gap between disadvantaged children and their peers can be as wide as 19 months on their first day of school and once children have fallen behind, their chances of catching up are slim.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Briefing: Research Report - Northern Ireland

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Tuesday, May 9, 2006

| CYP Now

A report has highlighted that the drive to end child poverty has focused on the UK mainland, leaving children in Northern Ireland facing deprivation.

Child poverty is going to soar: we must act now

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

| CYP Now

What level of financial, physical and emotional support do you give your family? If things got tough - say you were made redundant or received an unexpectedly high heating bill - would you still be able to keep them healthy, happy and secure?

Daily roundup: Child poverty, school sport and girls at risk

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| CYP Now

London councillors attack child poverty policies, BBC predicts more money for school sport, and union warning on sex education, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Apprenticeships, global education rankings, and immunisations

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

| CYP Now

An overhaul of apprenticeships is mooted, the UK education system is ranked sixth best in the world, and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) immunisations rise above the 90 per cent mark, all in the news today.

Hilton in the Community

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Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Grants for organisations that support disadvantaged young people up to the age of 25

Daily roundup: Children's commissioner, voodoo and bullying

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Review into Welsh children's commissioner role begins; United Nations' report warns of children being trafficked for witchcraft rituals; and children with special needs more likely to be bullied, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, child protection and troubled families

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty at lowest level for a generation, study finds; five-year-old taken into care for being overweight; and "turned around" troubled families in Sunderland don't get jobs, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Careers guidance, council cuts, and smoking

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Call for government to extend National Careers Service; research shows cuts affecting deprived areas more; and Lords back bid to ban smoking in cars, all in the news today.

Young people can escape the ghost towns

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Skills for the Job: Helping children affected by poverty

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

With poverty on the increase in the UK, the number of children and families needing help and support from professionals is growing.

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Will child poverty measurement changes see the problem ignored?

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Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

With the number of children living in poverty set to rise, campaigners warn the government's decision to scrap targets in the Child Poverty Act risks undermining efforts by welfare agencies to prioritise and tackle the problem.

Changes to legislation could plunge more children and young people into poverty

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Friday, May 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Controversial amendments to government legislation going through parliament will plunge more children into deprivation by weakening the Child Poverty Act, experts have warned.

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Child poverty could rise by 800,000 by 2020 warn Oxfam; reading for pleasure link to child academic achievement; and teachers struggle to access autism support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Further education cuts, tax credits and drugs statistics

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Course closures and falling rolls in colleges, the link between welfare cuts and the economic crisis and drug use among school pupils, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Shannon Matthews court order, Olympic auction and Ofsted in South Yorkshire

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Monday, August 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Details of an injunction on the Shannon Matthews serious case review, Olympic mascots to go under the hammer for children, and child protection in Barnsley and Rotherham, all make the news today.

Daily roundup: Food banks, school starting age and youth clubs

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Dramatic rise in the number of food parcels handed out; warning that school starting age could be lowered; and how a Banksy artwork is being used to stave off a youth club closure, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Hospital care, nursery closure and teacher strikes

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Friday, May 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Most inappropriate hospital admissions involve children; nursery closed after toddler found in street; and planned teacher strike is called off, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: The Children's Food Trust, Welsh exams, and 'annoying' young people

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

| CYP Now

The Department for Education cuts funding for the Children's Food Trust, the Welsh government decides to retain GCSEs and A levels, and concerns that the replacement for Asbos could be used "inappropriately", all in the news today.

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Daily roundup: Free school meals, vitamin D, and Bedroom Tax

Daily roundup: Job support, family courts and child poverty

Daily roundup: Class sizes, inspections and childcare

Cut food waste and support food banks to tackle poverty

In Focus: Family support

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Briefing: Research Report - Northern Ireland

Child poverty is going to soar: we must act now

Daily roundup: Child poverty, school sport and girls at risk

Daily roundup: Apprenticeships, global education rankings, and immunisations

Hilton in the Community

Daily roundup: Children's commissioner, voodoo and bullying

Daily roundup: Child poverty, child protection and troubled families

Daily roundup: Careers guidance, council cuts, and smoking

Young people can escape the ghost towns

Skills for the Job: Helping children affected by poverty

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

Will child poverty measurement changes see the problem ignored?

Changes to legislation could plunge more children and young people into poverty

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

Daily roundup: Further education cuts, tax credits and drugs statistics

Daily roundup: Shannon Matthews court order, Olympic auction and Ofsted in South Yorkshire

Daily roundup: Food banks, school starting age and youth clubs

Daily roundup: Hospital care, nursery closure and teacher strikes

Daily roundup: The Children's Food Trust, Welsh exams, and 'annoying' young people

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