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Government to fast-track legislation for mandatory FGM reporting

Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The government intends to change the law to make reporting suspected cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory prior to May's general election.

Ofsted calls for improvements at Bristol and Rochdale children's services

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Bristol and Rochdale have been told to improve the quality of services for children and young people following inspections by Ofsted.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

Councils see rise in child abuse contacts

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of calls to councils about the safety and wellbeing of children have increased by nearly 12 per cent in a single year, research has found.

Government to clarify serious case review criteria

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Guidance on serious case reviews (SCRs) is to be clarified in a bid to address reluctance among local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) to initiate them, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

Children of parents who abuse alcohol miss out on support

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Friday, October 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Children of parents who misuse alcohol are missing out on help and protection because local services sometimes fail to identify their needs, a report by the Office of the Children's Commissioner has found.

Slough children's services to become independent trust

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Slough will become the second local authority to have its children's services transferred to an independent trust after children's minister Edward Timpson dismissed council proposals for alternative arrangements.

Councils could save £150m on foster care services, says report

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities would be able to save a total of £150m a year by improving the way they work with prospective foster parents, a report has claimed.

Government orders councils to review child sexual exploitation procedures

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been ordered to undertake an audit of how they respond to child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

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