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Children’s charities on issues the next government must prioritise

Monday, July 1, 2024

| CYP Now

Improved special educational needs support, expansion of social prescribing to boost youth mental health and investment in health visiting services are key policy asks sought by children’s charities, finds Amrit Virdi.

More than 1,300 children in working families 'fall into poverty every week'

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of children living in poverty in working households increased by 1,350 a week on average between 2010 and 2023, analysis by the TUC has found.

Multi-agency data sharing must be improved to boost child development, say early years leaders

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

| CYP Now

The next government needs to develop a national dataset encompassing education, health and social care details for all children, according to recommendations made ahead of July’s general election by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

Tackle child poverty to improve outcomes for children, youth charity leaders urge

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

| CYP Now

Tackling child poverty is key to improving outcomes for vulnerable young people and must be a priority for the next government, leaders of youth organisations have said.

School role in tackling poverty eating into lesson time, teachers warn

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Monday, June 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Supporting children who are hungry, tired and emotionally struggling due to hardship at home is eating away at time in the classroom, primary school teachers have said.

Most young people say politicians don't care about their mental health, coalition finds

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

More than half of young people say the main political parties don't care about youth mental health, research from a group of charities has shown.

General election 2024: Key party manifesto pledges for the children and young people’s sector

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Friday, June 14, 2024

| CYP Now

The three main parties have published policy pledges in a bid to win the general election on 4 July.

Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

General Election 2024: Key manifesto pledges for health

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s mental health is a key issue up for debate in the lead up to the general election.

Entrepreneur to lead commission on children's access to play

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

| CYP Now

An independent commission has been launched to investigate the state of children’s play in the UK and put forward recommendations for the next government on how to improve facilities and access to provision.

Conservative Party manifesto: restrictions on children's social media access among raft of pledges

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Creating more residential care places, restricting children’s access to social media and boosting post-16 vocational training opportunities are some of the key policies affecting children and young people in the Conservative Party’s general election manifesto.

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

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Monday, June 10, 2024

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged a series of policies to narrow the attainment gap for disadvantaged children and boost educational opportunities for young people in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Two thirds of parliamentary constituencies blighted by high child poverty rates, study warns

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

| CYP Now

At least a quarter of children are living in poverty in two thirds of constituencies being contested during the upcoming general election, a study is warning.

Increase access to green spaces to solve play crisis, charity urges next government

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

| CYP Now

One in three children in Britain under the age of nine live more than a ten-minute walk from the nearest playground, a charity is warning ahead of the general election.