The High Court will hear the charity’s case against the government next month as it calls for amendments made to 10 acts designed to safeguard children in care and on the edge of care to be revoked.
The government passed emergency legislation which removes and relaxes around 65 protections for children including time frames around social worker visits, checks and balances in adoption and fostering processes and expected standards of care in children’s homes.
The changes were brought in via The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, also known as Statutory Instrument 445, in April, bypassing the usual 21-day consultation and parliamentary scrutiny process.
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