Some 45 organisations and professions, led by the charity Just for Kids Law, have signed an open letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson claiming that advice published by the Department for Education on 3 April “gives inaccurate information about the legal protections and help available at this extremely difficult time”.
The guidance states that “there will be times in the current circumstances when [it] is not possible for local authorities to meet statutory duties” relating to looked-after children and care leavers.
The group says the advice is misleading and wrongly suggests “significant” changes have been made to the Children Act 1989.
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