The story of children in care is a "woeful tale of failures". So said Frank Dobson when he became health secretary after Labour's landslide victory in 1997.
Fast-forward 10 years and the government says it has spent almost £1bn on children in care. Yet a significant gap still remains between how well those in care do compared with other children and young people.
Last week, junior children's minister Kevin Brennan unveiled the government's answer to the problem - the Children and Young Persons Bill. "The state has been a poor parent to children in care for too long," he says.
What the Bill covers
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