When Tony Blair met some of the leading children's charities at Chequersrecently, he shared his personal thoughts on how to make progress onlooked-after children and teenage pregnancy.
In particular, the Prime Minister told the assembled figures that localauthorities performing badly in these areas should be stripped of theirresponsibilities. The social exclusion action plan, published last week'sets the wheels in motion for this new approach, promising a "ladder ofintervention" for failing authorities (Children Now, 13-19 September).But it also sets out more ambitious plans for dealing with theunderlying causes of social exclusion.
The action plan outlines a cross-government approach to helpingvulnerable groups. It lists five guiding principles that will drivefuture policy with the main one being "better identification and earlierintervention".
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