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<img alt="Government selects Prince's Trust chief to lead Social Mobility Commission" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/7587d686-4a63-4df1-a31c-c879f3c8e49a/3/ScreenShot20180523at162807-320x198.png" />
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The announcement has been made in the government's response to a report on the future of the commission published in March by the education select committee.
The committee's report says the commission,...
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Published: 23 May 2018
Dame Martina Milburn has been put forward as the preferred candidate for the new Chair of the Social Mobility Commission
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Published: 23 May 2018
<img alt="Innovation fund to help children of alcoholics opens to councils" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/50e8ac7b-66a1-4771-bdc9-c59a355226c3/3/AlcoholJimVarneyPosedByModel-320x198.jpg" />
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The fund, which is being bankrolled by the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Work and Pensions, and managed by Public Health England, will be available for up to eight local authorities....
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Published: 23 May 2018
A teacher's Facebook post about inventions her pupils wish had not been created is making parents stop and think.
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Published: 23 May 2018
A teacher's Facebook post about inventions her pupils wish had not been created is making parents stop and think.
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Published: 23 May 2018
<img alt="Daily roundup 23 May: Sugar reduction, grammar schools, and peer support" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1f826b35-cfb8-4dd4-889d-d97461002905/3/pictureMorguefile-320x198.png" />
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Sugar levels in puddings, biscuits and chocolate have not been cut despite a government crackdown on sweet treats. The BBC reports that Public Health England (PHE) has set a target of reducing the sugar...
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cypn
Published: 23 May 2018
<img alt="Government advisers call for boost to care leaver support" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/fa1e535a-c4a7-4087-aebe-dc368dad6d94/1/careleaverpicturebyalexdeverill-320x198.jpg" />
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The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) report into young people living independently found that care leavers are the group most likely to have housing problems.
One in five of the 12,000 young...
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Published: 23 May 2018
The United Nations is launching a global poll to find what young people think of policies affecting their lives.
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Published: 23 May 2018
The United Nations is launching a global poll to find what young people think of policies affecting their lives.
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Published: 23 May 2018