And the chair of the Youth Justice Board, Rod Morgan, went on Newsnightafter his shock resignation to accuse ministers of "piecemeal" lawmakingand to blame the Government's anti-social behaviour drive forovercrowding in the youth custody system (Children Now, 31 January-6February).
There'll be many in government who regard the Home Secretary'spredicament with more than a touch of schadenfreude. However, there areothers, particularly across the children's services sector, who arealarmed at the potential damage a seriously weakened Home Office couldwreak on the children and young people who come under its remit.
In fact, for youth justice at least, the sorry tale of Morgan'sdeparture and the Home Secretary's embryonic plans to split hisdepartment into two ministries - one focused on justice and one onpublic protection - could have a silver lining, if responsibility foryouth justice is handed over to the Department for Education and Skills(see Analysis, p12).
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