Following a night of drama, the Conservatives ended with the most parliamentary seats with Labour suffering heavy losses and the Liberal Democrats doing worse than expected.
The result has led to concerns that a hung parliament could have a negative impact on services for children and young people.
Anne Longfield, chief executive of 4Children, said there could be issues around funding decisions as many programmes currently in place come to an end in 2011. "If you look at funding for schools or other funding programmes, there is a need for early decisions and early planning. A lot of that is happening locally now but I'm not sure that is the case nationally.
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