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30/05/2024: County council leaders urge next government to curb high cost of children’s services

Implementing a price cap on children’s residential care providers and reducing the cost of home to school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are among county council leaders’ calls for the next government.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

30/05/2024: Compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse plan dropped ahead of election

Controversial plans to introduce compulsory reporting of child sexual abuse (CSA) for some professionals working with children have been axed ahead of the general election on 4 July.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

29/05/2024: Neurodiversity support officers to be introduced to youth custody settings

Youth custody settings in England and Wales will benefit from the implementation of neurodiversity support officers, it has been announced.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

27/05/2024: More than 300m children victims of online sexual abuse every year

First global study of its kind exposes ‘staggering scale’ of crime, with one in nine men in the US admitting to the offence.

(Source: Guardian)

25/05/2024: Smartphone ban for kids ‘worth considering’ – MPs

The next government should consider proposals to ban smartphones for under-16s within its first year, a committee of MPs has said.

(Source: BBC)

25/05/2024: Hundreds of children under 10 subject to stop and search in England and Wales

Observer investigation reveals use of ‘intimidating’ police tactic on at least 432 minors in 2023 under age of criminal responsibility.

(Source: Guardian)

25/05/2024: Next government urged to wake up to UK’s ‘hocking’ levels of child poverty

Charities call for law within first 100 days after general election to ensure annual rises in the financial help parents receive.

(Source: Guardian)

25/05/2024: MPs urge under-16s UK smartphone ban and statutory ban in schools

Commons education committee chair says online world poses serious dangers and parents face uphill struggle.

(Source: Guardian)

24/05/2024: Plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking set to be scrapped ahead of election

Major government plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking, including a ban on the marketing of vaping products aimed at children, look set to be scrapped ahead of the general election.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

23/05/2024: Schools on neurodevelopmental front line – teacher

Schools have said they are “on the front line” in supporting children with neurodevelopmental (ND) needs, with support in Surrey described as “impossible to access”.

(Source: BBC)

23/05/2024: Children targeted with vapes spiked with nitazenes

A child has been treated for an opiate overdose after using a “potentially fatal” black market vape, health officials have said.

(Source: BBC)

23/05/2024: Conference to examine what works for early help amid cuts to services

The role of innovative and evidence-based interventions to support vulnerable families against a backdrop of cuts to local authority services is the focus of CYP Now’s Early Help Conference.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)