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Children and young adults with special educational needs will benefit from a new legal health duty.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Edward Timpson speaks about the importance of support for young carers.
Children's Minister talks about how the Children and Families Bill will support vulnerable children and their families.
Edward Timpson speaks at the Parents Against Child Exploitation conference.
Information on the support available to special educational needs support staff to develop their subject knowledge and skills.
Edward Timpson, Children's Minister, speaks about the progress made in combating child sexual exploitation.
Information on the reforms set out in the newly published Children and Families Bill.
Tim Loughton MP speaks at the Law Society Family Justice Review Summit round table discussion.
Details on government's plans to tackle the weaknesses in the adoption system.
Would-be adopters can now access a new map showing the areas with the highest number of children waiting for new homes.
Details on a new scheme to speed up the adoption system.
Virtual school heads will provide support for children in care to achieve better educational results, the Government has announced.
Information on the government's call for councils to cut adoption waiting times.
Information on how Ofsted will be allowed to share the names and addresses of children’s homes with organisations such as the police.
Edward Timpson, Minister for Families, visited a parenting class in High Peak, Derbyshire.
Information on an extension to trials helping children and young adults with special educational needs.
Speaking at the Fostering Network’s annual conference, Children’s Minister Edward Timpson calls for a cut in the red tape stopping foster carers getting on with everyday parenting as part of a drive to recruit more carers.
Children's Minister Edward Timpson said the Department for Education is today publishing a National Prospectus launching our new Grants Programme for 2013-15.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for education explains why the voice of young people should shape government policy.
Minister for Children Edward Timpson addresses the ADCS conference and asks local leaders to remain ambitious on behalf of the young people in their care.
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