At a time when local authority budgets are being cut by up to 25 per cent, budgets for schools and Sure Start are being protected, meaning that cuts will fall on the areas that are not protected - the largest of which is children in care. Recently the number of children entering care has risen enormously, and now we face the prospect of increased demand for services, in a greatly reduced budget.
The options are stark. We can make less funding available for each child in care - less use of expensive residential places, less social worker visits, lower fees for foster carers and so on. Or we can take drastic steps to reduce the number of children who come into the care system.
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