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Children’s commissioner consults on making care experience a protected characteristic

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The children’s commissioner for England is surveying care leavers on whether care experience should be treated as a protected characteristic, but some campaigners warn that the consultation does not go far enough.
De Souza is consulting with care-experienced people on protected characteristics for care leavers. Picture: Children's Commissioner for England
De Souza is consulting with care-experienced people on protected characteristics for care leavers. Picture: Children's Commissioner for England

Dame Rachel de Souza has launched a consultation to ask care-experienced people whether they believe care experience should be made a protected characteristic, after a nationwide campaign led by care leavers led 46 councils to adopt the policy.

This comes after De Souza met with a group of care-experienced young people about the campaign in June, to discuss recommendations laid out in their protected characteristics report.

De Souza said: "As children's commissioner, it is my job to listen to the views and voices of children and young people. I want to ensure that it is their voices that are reflected in the debate around care experience as a protected characteristic, so we can make sure that any policy changes are based on what they think would make the most difference to improve their lives and outcomes.

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