We are set to see children's directors springing up across the country, as well as long-awaited legislation to create an independent children's commissioner for England. And as the icing on the cake - we have a Chancellor who is personally committed to spending money on children.
In this hopeful climate it may sound churlish to urge caution, yet many of us in the sector have a sense of deja vu. "Joined-up thinking" has been our mantra for a long, long while - in the case of the National Children's Bureau, since the charity's creation in 1963 - and despite some recent improvements we have not yet seen our wish fulfilled.
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