I've been watching the oscillations over adoption with increasing concern. Michael Gove and Edward Timpson seem to have started from the simplistic position that there was too much delay in too many cases, and that as a consequence children were not being adopted in sufficient numbers or quickly enough. The most recent political contribution was from Tim Loughton, citing "vengeful judges" (apparently they are delaying cases as they are "feeling bruised about cuts to legal aid") and an inter-agency blame culture between ministers, directors, social workers and judges. Martin Narey, in his role as adviser to the Department for Education, has written to directors to say that the law has not changed, which is simply wrong, as legal precedent is one of our key forms of law-making.
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