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06/11/2024: Youth services could curb young people’s reliance on phones, study finds
Better access to youth services is needed to help young people cut their reliance on phones, a study has found.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
05/11/2024: DfE moves to allay early years funding fears over national insurance changes
The government is “committed” to financially supporting early years providers to navigate an increase in national insurance contributions for employers, the Education Secretary has said.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
05/11/2024: ‘Impossible’ to assess effectiveness of child in need plans, warns watchdog
Children’s Commissioner urges national requirements on child in need support after finding most plans lacked timeframes and half did not have specific measures of success for families.
05/11/2024: Children as young as two treated for obesity-related illness in England
NHS data shows one in 10 reception-age pupils now have obesity as experts warn of public health crisis.
04/11/2024: Funding prevents SEND inclusion in schools – report
“Seriously stretched” funding and “insufficient” staffing are preventing London’s mainstream schools from being inclusive to pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), according to a new report.
04/11/2024: Home Office to examine domestic violence age thresholds after teenager’s murder
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged to “look at” lowering the age at which a person can be classed as a victim of domestic abuse after the murder of a 15-year-old girl by her ex-boyfriend.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
04/11/2024: Children’s Commissioner calls for national guidance on child in need plans
The Children’s Commissioner for England is calling on ministers to introduce national guidelines on how local authorities deliver child in needs plans.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
04/11/2024: ‘I wish I’d never taken it’: More young people seeking rehab as ketamine addiction spirals in the UK
Casey Innalls was left in excruciating pain and was hospitalised for 12 days with a condition known as k-bladder
04/11/2024: Mother of girl, 15, stabbed to death by boyfriend calls for teenage domestic abuse law change
Under current laws, the victim and the perpetrator must be over 16 for it to be deemed a crime of domestic abuse.
04/11/2024: Online grooming crimes against children increase by 89% in six years
As offences rise to record levels, we’re calling for a strengthened approach from Ofcom and for tougher legislation from the UK government.
04/11/2024: Children’s social care case numbers fell last year, show official figures
Numbers of referrals, assessments, children in need and children on child protection plans fell from 2022-23 to 2023-24, according to DfE data.
01/11/2024: Snapchat most-used app for grooming, says NSPCC
The messaging app Snapchat is the most widely-used platform for online grooming, according to police figures supplied to the children’s charity the NSPCC.