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First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Education Secretary speech on child protection on 19th November at the Institute of Public Policy Research.
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.
Children's Minister Edward Timpson talks to the Advertising Association about the importance of letting children be children.
Edward Timpson responds to Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board’s review.
Ritual child abuse and neglect is being hidden, misunderstood and going unreported. The Department for Education and many stakeholders have drawn up an action plan to identify children at risk and protect them.
Details of the government's plans to strengthen the family justice system.
Details of a proposed change in the law to help place children at the heart of the care and adoption system.
Proposals for a multi-agency inspection for the protection of children and a separate inspection for looked after children and care leavers.
The Children's Minister challenges Directors of Children's Services to improve standards of residential care for vulnerable children.
The prime minister today announces plans to speed up the transition from fostering to adoption.
Details of a push to combat sexual exploitation of children in care.
Children's Minister Tim Loughton has today written to The Times on shared parenting.
Findings in a new report suggest that social workers are more confident and more focused on improving outcomes for the most vulnerable.
Plans for the overhaul of the child protection system, axing hundreds of pages of manuals and replacing them with precise guidance.
Children's Minister Sarah Teather talks about getting parents involved in early education services.
Outdated and confusing child performance rules are to be overhauled, under sweeping changes published today by Children’s Minister Tim Loughton.
The care system is facing major challenges as the number of looked after children rises and retiring foster carers are not replaced fast enough, Children’s Minister Tim Loughton will warn tonight.
Children's Minister Tim Loughton talks about tackling child sexual exploitation at the 5th Safe and Sound National conference at The British Library.
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