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18 Jan 19
Pressure on budgets is leading schools to resist admitting children with special educational needs, according to an education watchdog.
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15 Jan 19
The government must step in as the NHS is currently failing young people with mental health problems, a group of MPs has said.
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10 Jan 19
MPs have today called for a minister for hunger to tackle the high levels of food insecurity in the UK.
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8 Jan 19
A social work charity has been given £45m in government money to train 900 children’s social workers over the next three years.
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20 Dec 18
Two-thirds of academy school groups performed below the national average for disadvantaged pupils, according to research released today.
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19 Dec 18
A cash injection to help councils provide services for children with special educational needs “isn’t enough”, school leaders have warned.
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17 Dec 18
Increasing levels of child poverty are affecting children and young people’s education, with schools dealing with ‘Dickensian’ levels of squalor, a major teaching union has warned.
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3 Dec 18
Frontline services in Northamptonshire will be largely protected in next year’s budget, the troubled county council claimed – although council tax will rise.
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19 Nov 18
The rising number of children in care places “huge demand” on councils and reinforces the need for greater funding for children’s services, council leaders have said.
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15 Nov 18
Local bodies working with vulnerable children must not “repeat the mistakes of the past” around child exploitation, a joint watchdog has said.
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14 Nov 18
An additional commissioner is likely to be sent into troubled Northamptonshire County Council after Ofsted found children’s services have “significantly declined”.
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8 Nov 18
Ministers are finally listening to local government and last week’s Budget represented a series of strategic victories for the sector, says James Maker of the County Councils Network.
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8 Nov 18
Children’s services are at a “tipping point” as social services in England take on 1,000 new child cases every day, councils have warned.
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8 Oct 18
The NHS and councils need to collaborate to develop a system to support children with mental health problems, the Local Government Association has said.
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28 Sep 18
Charities fear children will be left open to “neglect and abuse” as local authorities have drastically cut their spending on children’s centres in England over the past five years.
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20 Sep 18
A commission, using its own unique measurement, has concluded 14.2 million people in the UK were living in poverty last year.
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20 Sep 18
The UK government will return all powers to Rotherham Council after a three-year intervention, the communities secretary has announced.
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17 Sep 18
The education funding squeeze for 16 to 18 year olds in England is “clear and worrying”, a think-tank report has said.
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10 Sep 18
Thousands of children could miss out on care unless the government clarifies what councils must legally provide as they cut services, the Children’s Commissioner has told PF.
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23 Aug 18
Local authorities will benefit from a £13m funding boost to help vulnerable children, the Home Office has said.
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20 Aug 18
The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
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15 Aug 18
Financial pressures on English councils mean they are struggling to provide a ‘good’ standard of social care provision for children, an independent think-tank has highlighted.
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7 Aug 18
Children’s services could suffer as more councils are revealed to be struggling financially, local government experts have warned.
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30 Jul 18
Children of parents with mental health problems are more likely to use health services, Health Foundation research has found.
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30 Jul 18
Funding for youth crime prevention will be doubled after a rise in incidents involving knives, the government has announced.
18 Jan 19Pressure on budgets is leading schools to resist admitting children with special educational needs, according to an education watchdog.
15 Jan 19The government must step in as the NHS is currently failing young people with mental health problems, a group of MPs has said.
10 Jan 19MPs have today called for a minister for hunger to tackle the high levels of food insecurity in the UK.
8 Jan 19A social work charity has been given £45m in government money to train 900 children’s social workers over the next three years.
20 Dec 18Two-thirds of academy school groups performed below the national average for disadvantaged pupils, according to research released today.
19 Dec 18A cash injection to help councils provide services for children with special educational needs “isn’t enough”, school leaders have warned.
3 Dec 18Frontline services in Northamptonshire will be largely protected in next year’s budget, the troubled county council claimed – although council tax will rise.
19 Nov 18The rising number of children in care places “huge demand” on councils and reinforces the need for greater funding for children’s services, council leaders have said.
15 Nov 18Local bodies working with vulnerable children must not “repeat the mistakes of the past” around child exploitation, a joint watchdog has said.
14 Nov 18An additional commissioner is likely to be sent into troubled Northamptonshire County Council after Ofsted found children’s services have “significantly declined”.
8 Nov 18Ministers are finally listening to local government and last week’s Budget represented a series of strategic victories for the sector, says James Maker of the County Councils Network.
28 Sep 18Charities fear children will be left open to “neglect and abuse” as local authorities have drastically cut their spending on children’s centres in England over the past five years.
20 Sep 18The UK government will return all powers to Rotherham Council after a three-year intervention, the communities secretary has announced.
17 Sep 18The education funding squeeze for 16 to 18 year olds in England is “clear and worrying”, a think-tank report has said.
20 Aug 18The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
7 Aug 18Children’s services could suffer as more councils are revealed to be struggling financially, local government experts have warned.
30 Jul 18Children of parents with mental health problems are more likely to use health services, Health Foundation research has found.
30 Jul 18Funding for youth crime prevention will be doubled after a rise in incidents involving knives, the government has announced.
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