Under the measures, councils will be required by law to refer children to the national adoption register if the authority does not find them an adoptive family within three months. The plan will also make matching the ethnic backgrounds of children and their adopters a lower priority than finding them a new home.
"There’s no more urgent task for government than this," said the Prime Minister. "Young lives are being wasted while the process takes its toll."
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) backed the government’s plans. Matt Dunkley, president of the ADCS, said requiring children to be referred to the national register would "mean that children don’t wait unnecessarily".
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