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Daily roundup: Troubled families, sexual exploitation, and childhood obesity

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

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14,000 families turned around in government scheme; authorities failing sexually exploited Asian girls; and health visitors "worry about offending parents", all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Substance misuse, social housing, and looked-after children

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

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Deaths linked to legal highs on the up; bedroom tax leaving tenants behind on rent; and Cafcass data shows large fall in care applications in January, all in the news today.

Andrew Selous appointed youth justice minister

Friday, July 18, 2014

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Andrew Selous has been confirmed as the minister who will take on responsibility for youth justice.

Ministers ditch plans to class 17-year-olds in custody as 'children'

Thursday, July 19, 2012

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The government has shelved plans to class all 17-year-olds taken into police custody as children, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Funding for toddlers, police commissioners and shoplifting children

Thursday, September 6, 2012

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Barnardo's warning over support for deprived three- and four-year-olds, a report reveals lack of awareness on police elections, and children steal food to feed their families, all in the news today.

Nacro urges preventative work to divert young people from gangs

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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More focus must be placed on diverting young people from antisocial behaviour at an earlier stage, in order to tackle the problem of gangs, a crime reduction charity has said.

Crime prevention initiative set for expansion

Friday, April 20, 2018

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A pilot programme that works with young offenders as soon as they are taken into police custody in a bid to help divert them from crime and find work is to be expanded.

Services fail young sex offenders, warn inspectors

Thursday, February 7, 2013

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Children and young people who commit sexual offences are being failed by a lack of timely interventions and appropriate support, a report has warned.

Non-white children more likely to face custody for knife possession

Thursday, January 28, 2016

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Black, Asian and ethnic minority children are more likely to be sent to custody for knife possession than white children, new figures have shown.

Council budget cuts ‘put services at risk'

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

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Charities and councils have warned that children's services will be endangered by plans to cut local government budgets by 2.3 per cent between 2014/15 and 2015/16.

London mayor's resettlement scheme suffers further delay

Thursday, October 3, 2013

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A provider for a major young offender resettlement scheme has yet to be appointed more than a year after the scheduled launch date, CYP Now has learned.

Exploited girls commit crime to escape abusers, report reveals

Monday, July 9, 2012

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Sexually exploited girls commit crime in order to escape the men who exploit them, but often end up being punished by the authorities rather than helped, a report has found.

Daily roundup: Child health, inspection reform, and mental health

Monday, January 27, 2014

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Labour pushes for ban on smoking in cars carrying children; Gove gives Wilshaw vote of confidence over think tank reports; and children with mental health problems still detained in police cells, all in the news today.

Police cannot tackle gangs alone, MPs told

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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A former US police chief who tackled gang violence in some of America's toughest cities has warned MPs that they won't be able to get rid of gangs completely.

Youth courts need urgent reform, finds inquiry

Thursday, June 19, 2014

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The youth court system is not fit for purpose and needs urgent reform, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

Young offender assessment system given green light

Monday, March 4, 2013

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A new assessment system for young offenders will drive down reoffending rates and reduce the use of remands to custody, the Youth Justice Board has said.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

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NSPCC warning over FGM teacher training gaps, predictions of a nine per cent rise in child poverty, and police arrest fewer girls, all in the news today.

Plans for specialist YOI units 'nonsensical', claims Howard League

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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A prison reform group has hit out at proposals to develop small, specialist units in young offender institutions (YOIs), labelling the idea "nonsensical".

Home Office under fire for 'short-sighted' custody plans

Thursday, September 19, 2013

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Campaigners have criticised the Home Office after it emerged that 17-year-olds will not receive the same rights as other children held in police custody despite a High Court ruling.

Daily roundup: Child poverty, special educational needs, and rough sleeping

Friday, February 8, 2013

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Change in child poverty indicators urged; teaching assistants taking the lead on SEN, and £1m research project on children sleeping rough, all in today's news roundup.

Consultation: Transforming Youth Custody: Putting education at the heart of detention

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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Daily roundup: Early intervention funding, UK Youth Parliament, and the age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

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The Local Government Association calls on government to rethink plan to "top-slice" early intervention cash, 250,000 young people vote in a UKYP consultation, and the Northern Irish justice minister advocates increasing the age of criminal responsibility, all in the news today.

Youth justice roundup

Thursday, October 31, 2013

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Police use of tasers on children rising, application launched to combat "sexting", and Ministry of Justice commits to maintaining family relationships of female inmates, all in the news in the past seven days.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Monday, June 23, 2014

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Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

May criticises councils over insufficient secure accommodation

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

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Councils have been criticised by the government for their failure to accommodate young people who have been charged with an offence but denied bail.

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