The document, Children's Social Care statutory Guidance Myth Busting, which appears on the government's social care innovation website, highlights a number of elements of statutory guidance that "act as a barrier to good practice and outcomes for children and families".
But earlier this month campaign group Together for Children, which last year successfully fought government proposals to allow councils to apply for exemptions from statutory guidance, warned that parts of the mythbuster are incorrect and risk harming vulnerable children and those caring for them by encouraging councils to act in contravention of their legal duties.
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