Shadow early years and children minister Helen Hayes told members of the House of Commons last week (3 February), that she “welcomes” the £200m package of measures announced by the government to reform the children’s social care system, but the government’s response is not the "radical reset" the review demanded and “which we need”.
Measures announced in the government response to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care include plans to curtail the use of agency social workers, greater oversight of private residential care providers and plans to model new early intervention initiatives across 12 local authorities over two years.
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