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CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2016

    News
  • Monday, December 19, 2016
  • | CYP Now
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.

Child support puts parents off work

    Other
  • Tuesday, June 24, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Government plans to raise the amount of child support that is disregarded when calculating income support will result in lone parents' income increasing dramatically.

Analysis: Policy - DCSF under inspection - one year on

    Other
  • Tuesday, June 24, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The Department for Children, Schools and Families celebrates its first anniversary this week. Here, CYP Now brings together a team of senior figures from the sector to deliver their verdicts on how the department has fared during its first 12 months.

Hidden costs of payment-by-results

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 5, 2010
  • | CYP Now
We are in an age of austerity where outcomes are critical. So it is difficult to take issue in raw principle with the government's desire to commission more public services on a payment-by-results basis.

Cameron outlines plan to rescue troubled families

    News
  • Friday, December 10, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The government is to launch a pilot scheme designed to help transform the lives of the most troubled families in up to 10 local authority areas, the Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

Work Wise: Jargon Buster

    Other
  • Tuesday, October 21, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Have you sat through an entire meeting and wondered what your colleagues are rambling on about? Use our handy jargon guide to find out what they mean.

Vetting and barring the enemy within

    Other
  • Monday, September 27, 2010
  • | CYP Now
There have been several high-profile cases of predatory workers sexually abusing children and young people over the past two years. Tom de Castella asks whether the existing safeguards go far enough and if anything can be done to stop workers from abusing their position of trust.

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