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18 May 12
Plans to cut the costs of the child maintenance system in the UK are ‘high risk’ and could end up increasing child poverty, the Public Accounts Committee warned today.
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16 May 12
The Scottish Care Inspectorate is to spearhead a strategic assessment of care services for children over the coming year, under plans published today in the latest local government inspection...
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14 May 12
The government has been ‘inundated’ with more than 2,000 applications from schools to run summer schools funded by £50m of the pupil premium programme, according to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
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11 May 12
The government’s assessments of individual adoption services, published today, lack credibility and could deter prospective adopters, councils have said.
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26 Apr 12
A campaign is mounting to secure councils a grant funding top-up to meet the costs of children in care, Public Finance has learnt.
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16 Apr 12
Parents who persistently allow their children to miss school should have their Child Benefit docked, the government’s ‘behaviour czar’ has recommended.
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11 Apr 12
Care applications received by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Court Service have reached a record high, statistics published today reveal.
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30 Mar 12
Lengthy court cases cause the ‘most significant’ delays to adoptions, Ofsted has revealed.
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29 Mar 12
The ten councils with the largest number of troubled families in England have agreed to join a government scheme that will pay them up to £4,000 for each problem household they help.
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28 Mar 12
Every young person out of work for more than a year should be given a publicly funded ‘Youth Job Promise’, according to the independent experts examining last summer’s riots.
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21 Mar 12
Chancellor George Osborne confirmed that the government will explore a shift to regional pay in the public sector.
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12 Mar 12
Half of children leaving local authority care believe this happens too early, according to a report by England’s children’s rights director.
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9 Mar 12
Councils must reduce delays in adoption cases, including referring children to the national register after three months, the prime minister announced today.
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8 Mar 12
Poorer families and those with children will be hit hardest by imminent tax and benefit changes, the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned today.
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29 Feb 12
Plans to cut spending at the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission are risky and based on ‘very uncertain’ estimates about future income, the National Audit Office warned today.
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24 Feb 12
Ofsted is to restrict its ‘outstanding’ rating for adoption services to councils that find parents for children within 12 months.
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22 Feb 12
Finance directors’ fears are mounting over how their councils will be able to run services effectively and balance their books in the medium term, a CIPFA survey reveals.
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21 Feb 12
Businesses and charities are being invited to bid for contracts to help get 16 and 17 year-olds back into education, employment or training.
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9 Feb 12
The number of children taken into care in England hit a record high last month, sparking fears about the ability of councils and other agencies to deal with the volume of cases.
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2 Feb 12
The government must address differences in the take-up of early years education across the country to ensure spending on nurseries represents value for money, the National Audit Office said today.
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23 Jan 12
The government has defended its controversial plan for a £500-a-week cap on benefits ahead of today’s House of Lords debate on the Welfare Reform Bill.
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9 Jan 12
Ofsted is proposing to change the way it regulates nurseries and childminders following a review last year of early years education and care.
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21 Dec 11
Fourteen areas have been selected to run Community Budget pilots – ten more than originally planned, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announced today.
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8 Dec 11
Children with complex health problems could lose out under the NHS reforms due to unclear responsibilities, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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5 Dec 11
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are over-represented in ‘coasting’ schools that fail to improve, according to the Royal Society of Arts.
18 May 12Plans to cut the costs of the child maintenance system in the UK are ‘high risk’ and could end up increasing child poverty, the Public Accounts Committee warned today.
26 Apr 12A campaign is mounting to secure councils a grant funding top-up to meet the costs of children in care, Public Finance has learnt.
30 Mar 12Lengthy court cases cause the ‘most significant’ delays to adoptions, Ofsted has revealed.
29 Mar 12The ten councils with the largest number of troubled families in England have agreed to join a government scheme that will pay them up to £4,000 for each problem household they help.
28 Mar 12Every young person out of work for more than a year should be given a publicly funded ‘Youth Job Promise’, according to the independent experts examining last summer’s riots.
22 Feb 12Finance directors’ fears are mounting over how their councils will be able to run services effectively and balance their books in the medium term, a CIPFA survey reveals.
21 Feb 12Businesses and charities are being invited to bid for contracts to help get 16 and 17 year-olds back into education, employment or training.
9 Feb 12The number of children taken into care in England hit a record high last month, sparking fears about the ability of councils and other agencies to deal with the volume of cases.
8 Dec 11Children with complex health problems could lose out under the NHS reforms due to unclear responsibilities, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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