It commissioned a comprehensive overview of policy development over the last 21 years which revealed a catalogue of short-term, headline-driven policy churn, changing priorities and funding uncertainties.
The report, ‘As Long As It Takes: a New Politics for Children’, showed that during the lifetime of a 21 year old there had been 400 major government announcements relating to children and young people, 98 separate acts of parliament across the UK, 82 different strategies, 77 initiatives and over 50 new funding streams – 69 per cent of which no longer exist.
Action for Children is calling for a permanent children’s minister at Cabinet level and a 21-year cross-party vision for children and young people.
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