Ministers have spent the past few months dropping a steady series ofhints about their plans for transforming the lives of the 60,000children in the care system. Last week, education secretary Alan Johnsonfinally unveiled the Government's masterplan in the form of the CareMatters green paper.
"The proposals in this green paper build on what we have achieved andwhat we have learned," he announced. "Systems will be strengthened,accountability improved, support better structured - in and out ofschool. We have a chance to really address some serious issues at thevery core of education and social exclusion."
Care Matters is the second attempt by the Blair Government to tacklethis difficult issue - coming three years after the Social ExclusionUnit published its report on improving education for children incare.
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