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Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines new guidance for the National Transfer Scheme for transferring asylum-seeking children in the UK.

Campaigners fear vital children's rights could be lost post Brexit

Analysis

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

| CYP Now

The EU (Withdrawal) Bill is nearing the end of its parliamentary passage in the Lords.

Four in 10 councils 'unwilling to take child refugees from other areas'

News

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

| CYP Now

Around 40 per cent of councils across England have not signed up to a voluntary scheme to take child refugees from other areas, amid concerns that central government is not providing enough funding to cover the true cost, a report has revealed.

Legal Update: Case highlights foreign adoption complexities

Features

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

| CYP Now

A Supreme Court judgment has highlighted the complexities of bringing children who have been adopted abroad to the UK.

Legal Q&A: School admissions

Other

Monday, March 26, 2018

| CYP Now

If a child has not been given any of the parent or carer's preferred school choices, what are the options?

Councils face EHC plan deadline

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, group head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the need for local authorities to transfer children onto education, health and care plans by the end of March.

Driving change for care leavers: Mark Riddell, national implementation adviser for care leavers

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes meets the social worker driving reforms for care leavers.

MoJ rejects call for urgent review of youth criminal records system

News

Thursday, February 1, 2018

| CYP Now

The government has dismissed calls from an influential group of MPs for an urgent review of the youth criminal records system to take place.

Timpson takes up children's commissioner advisory role

News

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

| CYP Now

Former Department for Education minister Edward Timpson has been appointed to advise children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield and could be in line for a future government role, it has emerged.

Legal Update: Be alert to signs of child trafficking

Features

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Stewart MacLachlan, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, explores the risks facing child victims of trafficking and reasons for the low levels of prosecution for trafficking offences.

Legal Update: Access to justice for abuse victims

Features

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Marianne Lagrue, policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, outlines new rules on evidence for legal aid in cases of domestic or child abuse that will benefit those living in desperate situations.

Legal Q&A: What is a child advocate?

Other

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Advocates support, enable and empower young people to be heard.

Legal Update: Use of dental X-rays to determine a child's age

Other

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Recent judgments cast more doubt on processes used to determine the age of young asylum seekers who arrive without documentation

How to improve care, by those who have lived it

Features

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Those who have been in care are uniquely placed to identify how well services for looked-after children are working. Here five care leavers share their experiences and set out what needs to change.

Schools 'failing young carers', claims Barnardo's

News

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Barnardo's has claimed schools are failing young people who care for sick or disabled family members.

Asylum-seeking children funding rates set for review

News

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

| CYP Now

The amount of money councils receive from central government to cover the cost of looking after unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will be reviewed, it has been announced.

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