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Vulnerable children ‘falling through net’ as services restricted to statutory minimum Vulnerable groups are suffering a “significant and dangerous loss of visibility” because their needs do not meet the increasingly tight criteria of councils’ statutory functions, a parliamentary heard has heard. The House of Lords public services committee was yesterday told how referrals to a council safeguarding board about girls who had been sexually exploited were not picked up because the council could no longer afford to commission those services. The committee’s chair Baroness Hilary Armstrong, who has been working with the organisation that made the referrals, said the unnamed council – “which is a good local authority” – does not commission in this area “because they can t afford to, because they re busy using their statutory money on all their things where they have no option but to be involved”. ....
Jeff Ptak: Hi, and welcome to The Long View. I m Jeff Ptak, chief ratings officer at Morningstar Research Services. Christine Benz: And I m Christine Benz, director of personal finance for Morningstar. Ptak: Our guest this week is Jason Hsu. Jason is founder and chairman of Rayliant Global Advisors, a quantitative asset manager based in Hong Kong. Jason also cofounded Research Affiliates with Robert Arnott and has been at the forefront of the fundamental indexing movement. Jason is a member of the board of directors at the Anderson School of Management at the University of California at Los Angeles, as well as an adjunct professor in finance there. He has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed articles, is an associate editor of the ....
When I was heavily pregnant with my first child and returned to the UK from living overseas, I’d never actually picked up a baby before and it is fair to say that the idea of being a full time carer for such a creature somewhat terrified me. Which is why my local Sure Start children’s centre became such a lifeline for me over the next five years, and for other parents in my diverse urban neighbourhood. Over countless baby weighing sessions, breastfeeding support groups, infant massage classes and sleep-deprived coffee catch ups, I made friends with mums from all walks of life, some of whom I’m still in touch with 15 years on – even as our cute bundles of joy have morphed into grubby teens. ....