This includes targets to help care leavers to find work, education or training (EET) as well as exemptions from council tax and a role in councils’ "family business".
The plans come in a report published by the Department for Education written by national adviser for care leavers Mark Riddell.
It highlights good quality care leaver provision already being carried out by councils that should be shared England-wide.
This report is based visits by Riddell to care leaver provision at 60 local authorities.
His ambitions for all councils include setting a target of between 70 and 80 per cent for care leavers to be involved in EET.
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