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Benefit cap 'risks derailing child poverty fight'

Thursday, March 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised MPs from all three main political parties for voting to cap the welfare budget at £119.5bn next year.

Persistent truanting continues to decline

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of children that persistently truant from English schools has continued to decline over the past year, latest figures show.

Budget 2014: Troubled Families expansion brought forward

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The expansion of the government's Troubled Families programme is to be speeded up, the Chancellor announced in the Budget.

Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

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Friday, March 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Measures in the Children and Families Act to extend support for new parents should have been available to other types of carers, the Family Rights Group (FRG) has said.

Child welfare expert questions child poverty figures

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Government figures that show a decline in the number of children living in poverty in recent years have been questioned by a child welfare expert.

Fuel poverty hits millions of children

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Friday, March 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Millions of children are living in homes that are cold and damp because their parents can't afford to heat them properly, a report by the Children's Society has found.

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty over the next three years will focus on getting parents into work, decreasing living costs and boosting educational attainment for the poorest children.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, early years, and holiday costs

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Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Government set to unveil child poverty strategy; early years experts call on government to reverse cuts; and ministers to debate cost of holidays during school breaks, all in the news today.

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The chief executive of the National Children's Bureau is to step down after three years in charge, it has been announced.

How young parents enrich their lives

Other

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Project provides holistic support to disadvantaged young parents affected by multiple problems.

Daily roundup: Substance misuse, social housing, and looked-after children

Other

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Deaths linked to legal highs on the up; bedroom tax leaving tenants behind on rent; and Cafcass data shows large fall in care applications in January, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

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Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Latest figures on households affected by the benefits cap published; government makes FGM declaration, and health experts call on politicians to ban smoking in cars, 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.

Daily roundup: Fuel poverty, sexual offences, and the benefit cap

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Monday, January 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Families planning to cut down on food to cover heating costs; 20 per cent rise in sexual offences against children; and 33,000 now affected by government benefit cap, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Adoption adverts, mental health services, and children's centre closures

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Adoption agency places adverts featuring real children; report questions progress on mental health provision for young offenders; and politicians in Kent give green light to children's centre closures, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Parental leave, youth zone and looked-after children

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Friday, November 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Government parental leave changes welcomed; new youth zone for Wolverhampton agreed; and calls for UKIP councillor to resign over comments about children in care, all in the news today.

Large families worst hit by benefit cap

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Friday, November 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Households with large numbers of children are being overwhelmingly worst hit by the government's benefit cap, latest figures show.

Young people take brunt of tougher jobseeker sanctions

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Poverty and youth campaigners have warned that unemployed young people are being disproportionately affected by jobseeker benefit sanctions.

Proposed child maintenance levy cut by government

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has reduced the amount it will charge lone parents for using the Child Maintenance Service to secure support payments following widespread opposition to the proposals.

Children to investigate UK poverty as study highlights 'unacceptable' conditions

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Children in poverty in the UK are being forced to cope with mouldy and damp housing conditions, and are bullied because their parents have no money, a study has found.

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Benefit cap 'risks derailing child poverty fight'

Persistent truanting continues to decline

Budget 2014: Troubled Families expansion brought forward

Children and Families Act: Parental support 'a missed opportunity'

Child welfare expert questions child poverty figures

Fuel poverty hits millions of children

Cost of living focus for new child poverty strategy

Daily roundup: Child poverty, early years, and holiday costs

Hilary Emery quits as NCB chief executive

How young parents enrich their lives

Daily roundup: Substance misuse, social housing, and looked-after children

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

Daily roundup: Careers guidance, council cuts, and smoking

Daily roundup: Fuel poverty, sexual offences, and the benefit cap

Daily roundup: Adoption adverts, mental health services, and children's centre closures

Daily roundup: Parental leave, youth zone and looked-after children

Large families worst hit by benefit cap

Young people take brunt of tougher jobseeker sanctions

Proposed child maintenance levy cut by government

Children to investigate UK poverty as study highlights 'unacceptable' conditions

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