Professionals from across the children's and youth sector have united in praise of Hughes's achievements while children's minister.
All are sad to see her go. Paul Ennals, chief executive of the National Children's Bureau, said her departure would be "a blow for the children's sector". Fiona Blacke, chief executive of the National Youth Agency, said she would be "a seriously hard act to follow". While fellow Labour MP, Barry Sheerman, chair of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee, said she had "brought stability" to the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Reaction from the sector includes:
"I would honestly say this is a significant loss to the children's services arena. She has been consistently involved in children's services, whilst other ministers have come and gone. She has worked very hard and been well respected."
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