Lambeth is an authority that has high ambitions for all children in the borough, but particularly those who have contact with children’s services.
The south London council has a youthful and transient population – more than four in 10 are aged 20 to 39 and a fifth of the borough’s 332,000 residents change each year. The number of children in care has risen by 16 per cent to 409 in 2021/22 since 2018/19 (see graphics) and the council has shown its commitment to improving their life chances by becoming one of the first in England to back care status as a protected characteristic.
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