This echoes what the sector said - when Children Now asked last monthwhat people wanted from Gordon Brown's first 100 days, "talking to youngpeople and finding out what they want" was key (Children Now, 9-14May).
It is understandable that the new Government wants distance betweenitself and the administration associated with the war in Iraq. But it isalso important that it does not succumb to announcementitis during itsfirst few weeks.
Frontline workers are already engaged in turning the reams of policychurned out during the past 10 years into practice, through children'scentres, extended schools and the like, as well as the reformsintroduced for looked-after children through the Care Matters whitepaper (see Analysis, page 12). They need consistency, guidance andfunding - not to be flummoxed by new and gimmicky policyannouncements.
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