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12 Apr 18
An independent council-led inquiry into child sex abuse in Telford will begin, despite calls on central government to lead a probe.
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5 Apr 18
The government has underestimated the number of Sure Start centre closures in England by half, the Sutton Trust has claimed in research released today.
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26 Mar 18
Children in the North of England face being “left behind” because they are more likely to come from a poor community and attend a weak school, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said...
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21 Mar 18
Schools in disadvantaged areas are to receive a £26m funding boost to provide children with a free school breakfast, the government has announced.
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9 Mar 18
Demand for children’s services is rising and need is getting sharper. How can councils meet this? Neil Merrick finds out.
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22 Mar 17
NHS commissioning bodies are failing to improve mental health services for young people, says an Education Policy Institute report out today.
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2 Nov 15
Council adoption services are to be merged into regional bodies so children can be matched with potential adopters more quickly, David Cameron has announced today.
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27 Oct 15
Children born into the poorest families in the North lag behind those in London in terms of their development, IPPR North has said.
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11 Sep 15
David Cameron today set out a wide-ranging package of reforms to create a “smarter state”, with widespread devolution, a focus on early intervention, and integration of blue light services among the...
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26 Aug 15
Councils and other providers are being asked to come forward with “innovative and flexible” ideas on how they can deliver 30 hours of free childcare a week, which will take effect in September 2016.
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16 Jul 15
Almost two-thirds of children living in poverty are in households where someone works, analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
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23 Jun 15
Lord Laming is to chair an independent review considering why looked-after children are over-represented in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
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26 Feb 15
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has appointed Sir Derek Myers, former chief executive of Hammersmith and Fulham and the Kensington and Chelsea London boroughs, to lead the government’s...
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12 Feb 15
Public services spend almost £17bn a year on addressing the impact of a host of social problems affecting young people, a study by the Early Intervention Foundation has found.
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4 Feb 15
Commissioners are to be sent in to run all the executive functions of Rotherham Borough Council following a damning report into the authority’s governance.
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2 Feb 15
Over 3,300 ‘coasting’ schools could be taken over by academy chains or have their head teachers replaced if they do not improve, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today.
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22 Jan 15
Low-income families with children and the very well off are the two groups that have lost the most from the coalition government’s changes to tax and benefits for working-age people, the Institute...
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26 Nov 14
Auditors say the Department for Education is not able to hold local authorities to account for their spending on children in care because central government does not have indicators to measure the...
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21 Nov 14
Commissioning for children’s services should be transformed to ensure services are joined up and meet long-term needs, an expert report has recommended.
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19 Nov 14
Councils have been slow to ‘face up to their responsibilities’ on child sexual exploitation, Ofsted has warned today in its first examination of the issue.
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10 Nov 14
Business leaders are urging the government to boost the living standards of low earners by raising the National Insurance threshold and expanding the provision of free childcare and maternity pay.
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30 Oct 14
An independent review of the work of Ofsted must be held to address concerns about the independence and credibility of the schools watchdog following a number of ‘media driven’ revisions to its...
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22 Oct 14
The government scheme offering free pre-school places for infants has helped only a small number of women into work, a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
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9 Oct 14
The successful implementation of a new IT system for the administration of child maintenance payments carries lessons for the public sector, a parliamentary report has said.
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22 Sep 14
Councils should be allowed to establish and run academies, the Policy Exchange think-tank has recommended as it warned that a fifth of primary schools ‘could be set to fail’.
12 Apr 18An independent council-led inquiry into child sex abuse in Telford will begin, despite calls on central government to lead a probe.
5 Apr 18The government has underestimated the number of Sure Start centre closures in England by half, the Sutton Trust has claimed in research released today.
26 Mar 18Children in the North of England face being “left behind” because they are more likely to come from a poor community and attend a weak school, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said...
21 Mar 18Schools in disadvantaged areas are to receive a £26m funding boost to provide children with a free school breakfast, the government has announced.
9 Mar 18Demand for children’s services is rising and need is getting sharper. How can councils meet this? Neil Merrick finds out.
22 Mar 17NHS commissioning bodies are failing to improve mental health services for young people, says an Education Policy Institute report out today.
2 Nov 15Council adoption services are to be merged into regional bodies so children can be matched with potential adopters more quickly, David Cameron has announced today.
27 Oct 15Children born into the poorest families in the North lag behind those in London in terms of their development, IPPR North has said.
11 Sep 15David Cameron today set out a wide-ranging package of reforms to create a “smarter state”, with widespread devolution, a focus on early intervention, and integration of blue light services among the...
26 Aug 15Councils and other providers are being asked to come forward with “innovative and flexible” ideas on how they can deliver 30 hours of free childcare a week, which will take effect in September 2016.
16 Jul 15Almost two-thirds of children living in poverty are in households where someone works, analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
26 Feb 15Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has appointed Sir Derek Myers, former chief executive of Hammersmith and Fulham and the Kensington and Chelsea London boroughs, to lead the government’s...
12 Feb 15Public services spend almost £17bn a year on addressing the impact of a host of social problems affecting young people, a study by the Early Intervention Foundation has found.
2 Feb 15Over 3,300 ‘coasting’ schools could be taken over by academy chains or have their head teachers replaced if they do not improve, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today.
22 Jan 15Low-income families with children and the very well off are the two groups that have lost the most from the coalition government’s changes to tax and benefits for working-age people, the Institute...
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