Graham Allen, the Labour MP for Nottingham North who was announced as chair of the coalition government's review into early intervention a fortnight ago, admits he has a tough task ahead.
Among his priorities is an ambitious attempt to overhaul funding for early intervention projects, which offer intensive social care and health support to the UK's most disadvantaged children and families. "It's going to be tough but the days of government putting up millions of pounds to fund this type of work are gone, we need to have something different," he tells CYP Now.
Allen's review is the first major project of the Cabinet's social justice committee, chaired by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who co-wrote a report with Allen in support of early intervention for his think tank the Centre for Social Justice in 2008.
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