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					<title><![CDATA[Lack of training blights the workforce]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Local authorities must work harder to unify the children and young people's sector, according to children's services leaders.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Special needs students trained in independent living]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Special needs students from South London are to benefit from training to prepare them for independent living and work, following a groundbreaking pilot scheme.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Youth unemployment on the rise]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The employment rate among 16 to 24-year-olds has fallen to 55 per cent, a new report has found.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Neets get access to personalised help advice and guidance]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A consortium led by Connexions Redcar & Cleveland has been awarded nearly £1m to offer personalised support to young people not in employment, education or training (Neet).]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Plans for Connexions body under way]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[An alliance to represent the interests of Connexions services is set to launch at the end of August, CYP Now can reveal.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[South West is falling behind in battle to reduce Neet numbers]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The South West is the only English region to see a fall in the number of 16- and 17-year-olds in education or training. According to latest government figures on young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) for the end of 2006, 81 per cent of 16- and 17-year-olds in the South West are taking a course or involved in work training, down one per cent on the previous year.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Research bank to aid procurement]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/817542/Research-bank-aid-procurement/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The government's Social Exclusion Task Force is to publish guidance to help commissioners and providers of children's services make decisions using the best available information.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Play England set to help councils]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/817167/Play-England-set-help-councils/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The government has appointed NCB-run project Play England to help local authorities improve and develop children's play facilities.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Ambitious plan for new zero-carbon schools]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/817165/Ambitious-plan-new-zero-carbon-schools/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The Children's Plan target for every new school building to be zero carbon from 2016 must be met, the Children's Secretary has warned.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Website: Hull unveils youth activities website]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/815445/Website-Hull-unveils-youth-activities-website/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Hull council has launched a youth website that allows young people to pose questions to the city's director of children's services, Nigel Richardson.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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