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Disability: London borough's spending promise

27 July 2004, Children Now

Wandsworth Council has pledged to continue building new facilities for children with severe disabilities despite costs nearly doubling.

Childcare: Educare needs one budget to work

27 July 2004, Children Now

Funding for early years has to be amalgamated into one stream if the Government is to achieve its "educare" vision, according to the chief executive of the National Day Nurseries...

Health: HDA's demise may hit obesity targets

27 July 2004, Children Now

Moves to cut childhood obesity could be jeopardised by the Government's decision to scrap the Health Development Agency, a charity has warned.

Children's Fund: Fear over expected cuts throws fund partnerships into crisis

27 July 2004, Children Now

Children's Fund programmes are likely to be hit by more cuts when the Government announces allocations for 2005/6 at the end of August, Children Now has learned.

News in Brief: Rise in registered childcare places

27 July 2004, Children Now

More than 107,000 registered childcare providers were offering nearly 1.45 million places in England on 30 June, according to the latest figures from Ofsted. The total has risen from 31...

News in Brief: Great Ormond Street Hospital invitation

27 July 2004, Children Now

The play department at Great Ormond Street Hospital wants to invite any of its former play specialists to a celebration in October to mark its 30th anniversary. The department, which...

News in Brief: Cafcass cuts backlog

27 July 2004, Children Now

Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, cut its backlog of public law children cases in the year to 31 March, its annual accounts reveal.

News in Brief: New roles emerge in children's services

27 July 2004, Children Now

New roles in children's services are emerging, Topss England, the workforce development organisation, has said. In an investigation into new roles in social care, it identified a new category of...

News in Brief: Rise in abortions

27 July 2004, Children Now

The rate of abortions among under-16s rose by more than five per cent in 2003, from 3.7 per 1,000 to 3.9 per 1,000.

News in Brief: Calculations error made by CSA

27 July 2004, Children Now

There are still "high levels of error" in calculations made by the Child Support Agency, the head of the National Audit Office has said. Visit www.nao.org.uk.