As far as long-term political projects go, it appears the days of the government's controversial database ContactPoint might be numbered.
An opinion poll at the end of last month placed Labour a massive 17 points behind the Conservatives, who have pledged to scrap the system should they come to power.
While a Conservative victory at the next election is far from a foregone conclusion, many practitioners working with children will be wondering what would replace ContactPoint and how it may affect them.
So what are the alternatives?
In September last year, the Conservatives' shadow children's secretary Michael Gove proposed better data sharing between key local professionals and the use of small, targeted databases.
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