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Feature: Asylum seekers: Home from home

16 July 2008, Children & Young People Now

Schools often struggle to include refugee and asylum-seeking children. Shafik Meghji visits a school in Essex that is bucking the trend.

Analysis: Family law - Legal proceedings fall after reform

16 July 2008, Children & Young People Now

In April, the Public Law Outline was introduced to help improve the way child protection cases were handled. But new figures show reforms have led to a drop in the...

Feature: Looked-after children: A stable home

9 July 2008, Children & Young People Now

Councils are struggling to meet tough government targets on providing stable homes for looked-after children.

Interview: Community spirit - Phil Hope, minister for the third sector and social exclusion

2 July 2008, Children & Young People Now

Making volunteering attractive to young people is key to involving them in their local communities, says third sector minister Phil Hope.

Feature: Participation: Our trip to the UN

25 June 2008, Children & Young People Now

Sue Learner speaks to the UK children who went to Geneva to give evidence to the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Analysis: Policy - DCSF under inspection - one year on

25 June 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Department for Children, Schools and Families celebrates its first anniversary this week. Here, CYP Now brings together a team of senior figures from the sector to deliver their verdicts...

Analysis: Children's services - Young runaways: a strategy at last

18 June 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government has set out its plans to improve work with the 100,000 under-16s who run away from home or care each year - and it has been hailed as...

Analysis: Every child matters - Councils' performance remains static

18 June 2008, Children & Young People Now

Ofsted's report examining 2007's annual performance assessments of local children's services paints a disappointing picture of progress on children's outcomes. Joe Lepper finds out why there is still much progress...

Interview: Debbie Booth, foster carer, Auchterhouse, near Dundee - A model of fostering

21 May 2008, Children & Young People Now

Debbie Booth, along with her husband, has been a foster carer for 10 years and has looked after a total of 30 children during that time.

Feature: Looked-after children in police care

21 May 2008, Children & Young People Now

A unique initiative is seeing student police officers visit children's homes in Essex as part of their training. Shafik Meghji went to find out more.