The government has published plans for moving to a new system of local multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.
The plans - contained in a consultation document published by the Department for Education last month - bring forward recommendations made in a review of local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) last year by government adviser Alan Wood.
The review's key recommendations, made law when the Children and Social Work Act received Royal Assent in April 2017, have yet to be formally enacted.
Once the legislation is triggered, the requirement for councils to have LSCBs will be replaced with a requirement on three partners - local authorities, the police and the health service - to make arrangements for working together on child protection in a local area.
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