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General Election 2024: Former children's minister Johnston among Tory MPs to lose seats

Friday, July 5, 2024

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Former children’s minister David Johnston is one of several Conservative politicians to lose their seats at the General Election following Labour’s landslide victory at the polls.

General Election 2024: How Labour's win could impact the children and young people’s sector

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Friday, July 5, 2024

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The children and young people's sector has welcomed Labour's landslide win in the general election, and has urged Keir Starmer's party to deliver on key manifesto pledges to boost youth services and support for mental health.

General Election 2024: Care Review chair Josh MacAlister elected as Labour MP

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Friday, July 5, 2024

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Chair of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care Josh MacAlister has been elected as a Labour MP as the party celebrates a landslide general election victory.

Bridget Phillipson appointed as Education Secretary

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Friday, July 5, 2024

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Bridget Phillipson has been named as Education Secretary in Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new cabinet.

DfE threatened with internal review over failure to share membership of expert group

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Thursday, July 4, 2024

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Children’s rights campaigners are calling for an internal government review over the Department for Education’s failure to share details on the membership of an expert group set up to oversee standards and regulations linked to settings for looked-after children.

General Election 2024: Next government urged to prioritise children as voters go to polls

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Thursday, July 4, 2024

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As voters across the UK go to the polls, children’s sector leaders and campaigners are strengthening calls for the next government to focus on young people.

Scouts issues volunteer plea as waiting lists reach record level

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Thursday, July 4, 2024

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The Scouts waiting lists for young people to join has reached its highest ever level of 107,000 nationally, prompting the charity’s deputy UK chief volunteer CJ Ledger to issue a plea for more volunteers.

Out-of-area care placements make support ‘more challenging’, warns youth justice inspectorate

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Thursday, July 4, 2024

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Children in care being placed far from home due to a lack of local placements is hindering the support youth justice services (YJS) can offer, according to the probation inspectorate.

Enough funding for providers is voters’ top childcare priority ahead of election

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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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Voters believe the best way to improve early education and childcare is to ensure providers are properly funded to deliver government schemes such as the expansion of free childcare hours for working families.

Social mobility charity founder Sir Peter Lampl to retire

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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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Philanthropist Sir Peter Lampl has announced he is to retire as executive chair of the Sutton Trust, the social mobility charity he founded 25 years ago.

General Election 2024: Young people question former government advisers on ‘distrust’ of politicians

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

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Former advisor to Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell, joined a panel of commentators to be grilled by young people from the UK's most disadvantaged communities ahead of Thursday's general election.

General Election 2024: 'My family have struggled with the system for too long – young carers like me urgently need it to change'

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

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For as long as I can remember, I have been told that I was “unusually mature for my age” or that I was “mummy’s extra helper”.

Council celebrates migrant children

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Monday, July 1, 2024

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Warwickshire celebrated its refugee community with a week of workshops and cultural performances, including input from the local authority's unaccompanied migrant children and Ukrainian refugees.

Council launches consultation on cost-cutting changes to SEND transport offer

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Monday, July 1, 2024

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Leeds City Council has launched a public consultation on changes to its home-to-school transport offer for older teenagers with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in a bid to alleviate pressure on the local authority's budget.