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<img alt="Zahawi: More funding for councils won't halt care number increases" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1e40c93f-2e20-47d2-8aa9-1b07020a5fb3/3/ScreenShot20180718at110202-320x198.png" />
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Appearing before the education select committee Zahawi acknowledged the financial challenges facing councils but said they should be able to support families and prevent children entering the care system...
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Published: 18 July 2018
<img alt="Summer childcare costs rise by five per cent" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/13d138b5-a231-41e9-aeeb-2f8b11fcd01f/1/toddlersnurseryluciecarlier-320x198.jpg" />
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Research by the Family and Childcare Trust (Fact) as part of its annual Holiday Childcare Survey found that the average cost for six weeks of summer holiday childcare across the UK will be £800 per child...
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Published: 18 July 2018
<img alt="Benchmark all children's services to improve standards, report urges" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/5e954eb0-aced-4330-bba1-5f41df936650/2/029datawwwsxchu-320x198.gif" />
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The proposal, which would involve the establishment of a "national outcomes framework", is one of a number of proposals to feature in a report on the state of children's services, put together based on...
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Published: 18 July 2018
<img alt="Government announces national 'youth integration' network" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/50a9d4eb-fc9c-4f7b-a0a3-c6cdfe1d4259/3/resourcesscouts-320x198.jpg" />
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A total of £250,000 has been awarded to Youth United Foundation to establish the network and develop long-term approaches to creating lasting relationships between young people from different backgrounds....
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Published: 17 July 2018
<img alt="Ofsted spot check prompts first 'inadequate' rating under new framework" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/875c1316-49df-47f6-964f-44730d9f0e8a/3/Unknown-320x198.jpeg" />
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Inspectors found a series of cases where children known to Wakefield Council's children's services department were at risk, but the situation had not been identified and appropriate action had not been...
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Published: 17 July 2018
<img alt="Call for councils to monitor profits of private children's homes" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8ecc74dd-dded-4303-9172-1942dcd9e313/4/PoliceBrianJacksonAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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A briefing put together by charity The Howard League for Penal Reform looking into factors that can contribute to the criminalisation of children in residential care highlights the fact that private companies...
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Published: 17 July 2018
<img alt="Disabled children's services face £1.5bn shortfall, charities warn" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/fbca8be8-e6be-4f26-a0b8-f2bac72b30e8/3/Unknown-320x198.jpeg" />
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The Disabled Children's Partnership, which consists of 60 charities, said the underfunding is leaving children and families in England struggling to get the help and support they need and will cost taxpayers...
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Published: 16 July 2018
<img alt="Family drug and alcohol courts 'at risk' if national unit closes" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/41ca871c-9f53-456d-9cab-6c1a54e7f47e/3/AlcoholJimVarneyPosedByModel-320x198.jpg" />
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The unit supports the work of 10 family drug and alcohol courts (FDACs), which bring the judiciary and multi-agency services together to help substance-misusing parents involved in care proceedings to...
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Published: 16 July 2018
<img alt="Council cuts funding for joint police early help initiative" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/df671c7e-01c4-4f4e-bb97-a4e0a9b7ca94/2/lancashirecountycouncil-320x198.jpg" />
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Last week, Lancashire County Council backed proposals to cut £265,000 a year from its early action and safer travel teams despite a public consultation showing that 91 per cent of residents were against...
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Published: 13 July 2018