Anne McIntosh, the shadow children's minister, told Children Now thatshe wanted to explore ways of involving grandparents and other relativesin the care of looked-after children.
"I want to make sure looked-after children have better support andthat's where I think the idea of kinship care can come in," saidMcIntosh. "Extended families - be it grandparents or older siblings -can have a very positive beneficial effect on the nurturing of children.They could be there at times of need or attend events like school sportsdays or the transition into adulthood."
The idea is one of several that McIntosh is looking at closely, althoughnone have yet been officially adopted as policy. Other ideas underinvestigation include changing how looked-after children are handled bythe youth justice system and making the children's minister a Cabinetposition.
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