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Strategy gives workforce boost

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  • Tuesday, December 9, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The government will today (Thursday 11 December) unveil a new partnership body designed to represent the entire children and young people's sector as part of the 2020 workforce strategy.

Complex needs care poor in Wales

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  • Tuesday, November 4, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Welsh local authorities are failing children who have complex needs living in independent residential schools, inspectorate Estyn has found.

Analysis: Language - The speech barriers tumble down

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  • Tuesday, July 15, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The government has endorsed the recommendations of MP John Bercow's review of services to help children with speech, language and communication difficulties. Ben Cook hears what experts in the field think about the proposals.

Low interest rates hurt charity funds

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  • Monday, June 7, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Thousands of vulnerable families will miss out on grants that could help them through crises, as charities struggle to build up funds under record low interest rates, it has been claimed.

Government leaves children's chiefs to decide 'savage' cuts

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  • Monday, June 14, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Children's services leaders have been left to agonise over where the axe should fall after the Department for Education (DfE) confirmed councils must decide how to distribute the 311m cuts to the overall area-based grant, leaving school support and Connexions services at risk.

Joint Working: Lessons from total place

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  • Friday, June 18, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The Total Place initiative aims to combine efficiency with effectiveness through a "whole-area approach" to public services. Tom de Castella looks at the focus of Total Place in five areas, and the scale of the savings anticipated.

Daily roundup: Parental rights, exam performance and age ratings

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  • Tuesday, August 19, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The Prime Minister considers new parental rights for grandparents caring for children; new research suggests link between mothers' confidence during pregnancy and GCSE success; and the government announces plans to place age restrictions on music videos, all in the news today.

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