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<img alt="Inspectors criticise SEND failures in Bedford" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/e1351fa3-fb47-4c85-9a1d-602d1979e94e/2/ofstedbuilding04-320x198.jpg" />
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Following a visit to Bedford in February, inspectors from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission found that the relationship between Bedford Council's children's services and Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning...
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cypn
Published: 3 April 2018
<img alt="NCS Trust drops claim against liquidated provider" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/568aeae2-04fc-463f-92af-3cd7cbdb2f31/1/ncstrust-320x198.jpg" />
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The NCS Trust had previously claimed it was owed £780,000 by Engage4Life Ltd (E4L) which was one of 10 main providers awarded regional contracts worth close to £1bn to deliver the NCS between 2015 and...
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cypn
Published: 3 April 2018
<img alt="Labour warns of £1bn drop in children's services spending" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/f7dd21fc-0025-4c29-9cbe-608b7dfe1188/3/AngelRaynerMP-320x198.jpg" />
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Analysis by the party found that while the headline fall in spending between 2012 and 2017 comes to £300m, dropping from £7.92bn to £7.61bn, the real-terms decrease, taking into account inflation, comes...
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cypn
Published: 3 April 2018
<img alt="Ofsted praises multi-agency child protection work at two councils" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/06b4a33a-3abe-4f59-ac08-6e6a11a0c138/2/9077f771eca82d415755e27e098cba76jpg-320x198.jpg" />
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Separate focused visits by Ofsted to Waltham Forest and Barking and Dagenham councils were made last month to assess how well their multi-agency safeguarding hubs (Mash), which deal with child protection...
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cypn
Published: 3 April 2018
<img alt="Fall in number of young people 'Staying Put' in foster care" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/6702d883-10cb-49ee-b394-5f97a0978d93/1/careleaver-320x198.jpg" />
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Under the Staying Put initiative, which was made law through the Children and Families Act 2014, councils have a duty to support looked-after children who want to remain with their foster carer until they...
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cypn
Published: 3 April 2018
Three women describe what it is like to secretly wish they had never had children.
bbc
Published: 3 April 2018
Three women describe what it is like to secretly wish they had never had children.
bbc
Published: 3 April 2018
It is normal for parents to argue, but the way rows affect children varies greatly.
bbc
Published: 2 April 2018
It is normal for parents to argue, but the way rows affect children varies greatly.
bbc
Published: 2 April 2018