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<img alt="Daily roundup 22 May: Manchester bombing, consultation extension, and Telford CSE" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1cd14565-31ec-46b1-bf5f-4038b8d6bde3/3/ScreenShot20180319at104408-320x198.png" />
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A day of remembrance is being held to mark the first anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack. The BBC reports that events include a service at Manchester Cathedral a mass sing-along, and a national...
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Published: 22 May 2018
<img alt="Halfon seeks law change to give Social Mobility Commission more power" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/9bc758e0-ae48-4c61-9b0f-be0bc8d27006/3/RobertHalfonMP-320x198.jpg" />
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Conservative backbencher Robert Halfon MP will today ask MPs to support a 10-minute rule bill calling on parliament to give the commission extra powers.
The government created the commission in 2010...
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Published: 22 May 2018
<img alt="Relationship and sexuality lessons to be compulsory in Wales from age five" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/17276936-06ac-45cf-8e40-e24a758ab6b9/1/894fb0b3efbb733a66d75e4d71b8a7ecjpg-320x198.jpg" />
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Following a review of sex education by the Welsh government it has been announced that relationship and sexuality education (RSE) is to be a statutory part of the school curriculum from 2022 for five-...
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Published: 22 May 2018
<img alt="Council's children's services move out of 'inadequate' following Ofsted inspection" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/684ad5dc-61c7-4c79-95ee-7244ef415373/3/Unknown-320x198.jpeg" />
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Ofsted's latest inspection of Darlington found that leadership and governance has "markedly improved" and timescales for completing assessments are now better than in comparator authorities. Inspectors...
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Published: 22 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 21 May: Healthcare warning, 'sharenting', and age verification" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6357a96a-4b12-47eb-b5d4-bbdd3d99c8bb/3/ScreenShot20180521at130434-320x198.png" />
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Children are suffering as a result of the drive to improve the healthcare of the elderly, according to the leader of Britain's paediatricians. The Times reports that Professor Russell Viner, president...
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Published: 21 May 2018
<img alt="Scouts to expand to further 500 deprived areas and trial early years provision" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/28d4561a-1457-483f-b082-958b6c8182b2/3/resourcesscouts-320x198.jpg" />
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The uniformed youth work organisation said it wants to focus on growing its numbers by 50,000 more young people by 2023, increasing access to Scouting for young people "from all walks of life".
The...
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Published: 21 May 2018
<img alt="MoJ study backs retention of two representatives for children in care proceedings" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a386e98d-a5d7-42a8-b916-f65ada0b8765/2/familycourtbentallon-320x198.jpg" />
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The Ministry of Justice, with the support of the president of the High Court's Family Division Sir James Munby, had been looking into whether there was scope for reducing the level of representation provided...
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Published: 21 May 2018
<img alt="Whitfield to step down as chief executive of Achieving for Children" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4ec05f67-2da7-4ce5-9ac8-8c3c453972f1/3/ScreenShot20180518at165841-320x198.png" />
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Nick Whitfield, who has led social enterprise Achieving for Children (AfC) since it was established in April 2014 to run children's services in the neighbouring London boroughs of Kingston and Richmond,...
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Published: 18 May 2018
<img alt="Transgender children 'face discrimination' within social care system" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/dc59274b-7c66-4240-a559-4b8382fac330/3/TransgendersymbolnitoAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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A report commissioned by the Department for Education found that there is a significant lack of transgender-specific social work research, but the available evidence suggests transgender people "commonly...
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Published: 18 May 2018