Since the launch of the children bill and the Every Child Matters: Next Steps document in March, the Government has kept its own counsel on plans to reform young people's services.
Aside from the children bill's slow crawl through the parliamentary process, little has emerged since the launch. Until last week, that is, when education watchdog Ofsted published its suggestions on how local authority services for young people should be set up when children's trusts are rolled out nationally (YPN, 19-25 May, p2).
In addition, the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) began its hunt to find an organisation to create and support its children and young people's board, a panel of young people who will advise the Government on reforms. And just this week the Government said it would create a further 46 extended schools following a glowing evaluation of existing pilots.
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