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News & opinion — 1 Jun 2018

End Child Poverty welcomes protection from high-cost rent-to-own credit

The End Child Poverty coalition has welcomed moves to cap the total cost of goods bought through rent-to-own schemes as an important step in protecting some of the most financially vulnerable households from high levels of debt.

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News & opinion — 25 May 2018

Parental Engagement for Children with SEND with Brian Lamb

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News & opinion — 14 May 2018

Facing the baseline assessment: a view from the early years

The baseline assessment of children right at the beginning of their school life is coming – the Department for Education recently announced that NFER has been awarded the contract to develop the new test which is expected to be rolled out nationally in 2020-2022.

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News & opinion — 10 May 2018

Choose respect during Anti-Bullying Week 2018

Campaigners are urging children and schools to choose respect over bullying, as the theme for Anti-Bullying Week 2018 is announced by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, who coordinate the annual campaign.

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News & opinion — 8 May 2018

Mental health: what we’ve got is a shuffle in the right direction when we need a stride

The Education and Health and Social Care Select Committees have published a report on the Government's Green Paper on mental health. NCB has published its own reaction.

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News & opinion — 29 Apr 2018

Widowed Parent’s Allowance: national children’s charities intervene in landmark Supreme Court case

A case being heard in the Belfast Supreme Court will decide whether unmarried, cohabiting parents with children should be granted access to bereavement benefits when their partners die.

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News & opinion — 27 Apr 2018

Learning about loss

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News & opinion — 25 Apr 2018

Where do we draw the lines between banter and bullying?

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News & opinion — 9 Apr 2018

A better alternative

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News & opinion — 22 Mar 2018

Vulnerable households face the highest rises in child poverty

The Households Below Average Income figures for 2016/7 released by the Government today show that children living in the most vulnerable households are facing the highest rises in poverty.

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News & opinion — 19 Mar 2018

Exclusion: We need a better alternative

There are clear flaws in the system of pupil referral units and alternative provision. The time is right for the government to lead a root and branch review.

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News & opinion — 13 Mar 2018

Children’s services in crisis, but no green shoots in today’s Spring Statement

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