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From Department for Education (DfE)
  • Teather: parents should have a greater say in their children’s centre

    Children's Minister Sarah Teather talks about getting parents involved in early education services.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Biggest overhaul to child performance regulations in over 40 years

    Outdated and confusing child performance rules are to be overhauled, under sweeping changes published today by Children’s Minister Tim Loughton.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tim Loughton’s speech at the Celebration of Fostering event

    The Children's Minister talks about the importance of fostering at an event to celebrate Foster Care Fortnight at the South Bank Centre.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fostering services need to reach out to wider range of carers

    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.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government review of the tax arrangements of public sector appointees

    Information regarding the Department's submission to the Government review of the tax arrangements of public sector appointees

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Munro: Child protection reforms welcomed but pace needs to be accelerated

    Professor Eileen Munro: urgent cultural change in the child protection system now underway.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Prime Minister announces support for families

    Announcement about new support to help families, including parenting classes and relationship support.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tim Loughton at the Safe and Sound National Conference

    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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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tim Loughton addresses Community Care Live

    The Children's Minister speaks to social workers at the Community Care Live conference about the Government's progress in reforming child protection, fostering, adoption, the care system and the social work professio…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Reforming teachers’ pay: government sets out case

    Details on the case put by Michael Gove for reform of teachers' pay.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Hundreds of employers bid for £250m skills training pilot

    Information on the government's employer ownership pilot for investment in skills and training.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Parents given power of veto on schools’ use of biometric information

    New advice to schools will make clear that they will no longer be able to use pupils’ biometric data without parental consent. The advice, launched today for consultation, comes into effect from September 2013.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Special educational needs support: families to be given personal budgets

    Parents will have a new right to buy in specialist special educational needs (SEN) and disabled care for children from 2014, the biggest change to SEN for 30 years.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Adoption delays: scorecards show extent across England

    Details of official figures which show long waiting times for children moving from care into adoption.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Education Secretary Michael Gove's speech to Brighton College

    Michael Gove speaks at Brighton College about the government's initiatives to address the educational attainment gap.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ending the Ofsted annual children’s services assessment

    If passed, new legislation will mean that local authority children’s services will no longer have to be assessed by Ofsted.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Protecting children from commercialisation and sexualisation: next steps on Bailey review

    Details of new measures to protect children from commercialisation and sexualisation in society.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Children and Families Bill to give families support when they need it most

    Information about how the Children and Families Bill will help parents, families and children and young people with SEN.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Nick Gibb at the Diana Award

    Nick Gibb speaks at the Diana Award ceremony about bullying.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Minister Tim Loughton writes to 'The Independent'

    Letter from Minister Tim Loughton in response to an article by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on the care system published in 'The Independent' on Monday 30 April 2012.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government