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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’.
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29 Aug 14
First Minister Alex Salmond has today set out more details on the Scottish National Party’s promise of a major expansion in childcare provision in an independent Scotland, but admitted that the...
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26 Aug 14
Rotherham council leader Roger Stone has resigned following strong criticism of the authority’s leadership in a report commissioned to examine sexual abuse of young children in the area between 1997...
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20 Aug 14
Councils’ spending on looked-after children rose by 4% in the four years to the end of 2012/13, despite a 12% increase in the number of children they are responsible for over the same period, Audit...
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18 Aug 14
A programme to support troubled families has been expanded to help vulnerable younger children get a better start in life, the government announced today.
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18 Aug 14
A programme supporting families facing multiple problems will be expanded by more than four times to help some 500,000 households, the government announced today.
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13 Aug 14
Children’s mental health services need a complete overhaul to address ‘unacceptable failings’ and provide better care and support for young people, councils have said today.
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8 Aug 14
Councils are to gain powers to withdraw funds from early-years education providers who teach creationism or have links to extremist organisations.
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6 Aug 14
Free schools in low-income areas are failing to serve their neediest children, the first analysis of the schools’ social composition has found.
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25 Jul 14
Low-income families are struggling to find good quality, affordable and flexible childcare providers, the Citizens Advice has said today as it called for councils to be given a stronger oversight...
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16 Jul 14
A think-tank has called on the government to provide parents who work at least 20 hours a week with up to 25 hours of free early education for their pre-school children.
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30 Jun 14
All families should be given government help towards their childcare costs in a bid to encourage more mothers back to work, according to recommendations from the Institute for Public Policy Research.
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23 Jun 14
Public service inspectorates are seeking views on how they can work together to assess what local agencies are doing to help children and young people.
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19 Jun 14
The Department for Work and Pensions has successfully introduced its new scheme for child maintenance payments, but its savings target could be at risk if the number of parents intending to reach...
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9 Jun 14
The government lacks a credible plan to meet its target to eradicate child poverty by 2020, the social mobility watchdog warned today.
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4 Jun 14
Ofsted’s revised inspection criteria for children’s services is succeeding in shifting assessments on to the experiences of children, young people and families, according to an independent expert...
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20 May 14
Involving users in public service delivery could unlock billions of pounds in savings, a report by the government’s reviewer of public service choice has concluded.
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...
26 Nov 14Auditors 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...
18 Aug 14A programme supporting families facing multiple problems will be expanded by more than four times to help some 500,000 households, the government announced today.
6 Aug 14Free schools in low-income areas are failing to serve their neediest children, the first analysis of the schools’ social composition has found.
20 May 14Involving users in public service delivery could unlock billions of pounds in savings, a report by the government’s reviewer of public service choice has concluded.
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