For the Secretary of State, it is a mission that has deeply personal roots. Michael Gove was himself adopted at four months old, as was his younger sister, who turned out to be profoundly deaf. They benefited from parents who gave them a loving, stable upbringing.
Forty-four years on from Gove’s life-defining moment, we have an adoption system that is clearly flawed. For much of 2011, the government has championed adoption as the best choice for many vulnerable children in an attempt to arrest its recent decline. It is eager to speed up and simplify the assessment process for adopters; in fact, Gove’s father was on a 20-a-day cigarette habit at the time he was adopted, something he has claimed would never get waved through today.
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