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Government reveals council cuts of up to 8.9 per cent

Monday, December 13, 2010

| CYP Now

Local authorities are facing average cuts of 4.4 per cent in central government funding, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced.

Numbers game - The effects of long-term bad housing

Other

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

| CYP Now

Children who live in overcrowded, run-down or poorly heated accommodation for more than three consecutive years are more likely to suffer worse outcomes than their counterparts who live in similar conditions for shorter periods of time, according to research by NatCen.

Widespread stigma threatens government plans to combat drug use, says policy commission

News

Sunday, December 19, 2010

| CYP Now

The government's drug strategy is doomed to fail unless public attitudes towards drug use change, an independent analyst of drugs policy has warned.

End of child trust fund will harm vulnerable children's life chances, think tank cautions

News

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

| CYP Now

The abolition of the child trust fund will hit children in care hard, a think tank has warned.

Nursery assistant arrested on suspicion of child abuse

News

Thursday, January 6, 2011

| CYP Now

West Midlands Police have arrested a 20-year-old male nursery assistant on suspicion of child abuse.

Parents face charges for child maintenance services

News

Thursday, January 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents will be charged to access statutory child maintenance services under proposals put forward by government today (13 January).

Worker suspended after child murder

Other

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

| CYP Now

A social worker has been suspended for two years after admitting she ignored warnings that a toddler was being abused a week before the child was murdered by her mother's partner.

Balls calls for better service integration

News

Friday, October 24, 2008

| CYP Now

Children's services must work more closely together to be successful in helping young people, the children's secretary has said.

Child maintenance changes could increase poverty warns charity

News

Monday, October 27, 2008

| CYP Now

Changes to child maintenance which kick in today could increase child poverty according to charity One Parent Families/Gingerbread.

Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

| CYP Now

Income inequality is still a problem in the UK despite a fall in poverty.

Editorial: Plight of care leavers should be a wake-up call

Opinion

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

| CYP Now

The Leaving Care Act 2000 promised to transform the treatment of young care leavers.

Marie Stokes, 23, Devon

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

| CYP Now

I went into care when I was four years old.

CYP Now to host workforce show

Other

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

| CYP Now

CYP Now is to stage a pioneering new show for everyone who works to deliver the Every Child Matters agenda locally.

ChildRIGHT: In a Nutshell -- Local Government Ombudsman complaints

Other

Monday, February 7, 2011

| CYP Now

When a member of the public feels a council is at fault, they can contact the Local Government Ombudsman to investigate the complaint.

Child death review procedures are ready to be standardised

Other

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

| CYP Now

Child death review panels will soon be able to use universal data collection forms when investigating such tragedies.

Charities to fight for care extension

Other

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

| CYP Now

Charities are gearing up to fight for changes to the law that would allow children to stay with foster parents beyond the age of 18.

Baby deaths as a result of abuse rise since Baby P

Other

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

| CYP Now

The number of babies not in care who have died as a result of serious neglect or abuse has risen significantly in the wake of the Baby Peter case, CYP Now has learned.