General elections bring chaos to senior politicians' diaries. But during a precious 40 minutes with Michael Gove in the week before the anticipated firing of the election starting gun, it becomes clear he has a firm agenda for children and young people's services.
Top of that agenda is a desire to banish bureaucracy to enable practitioners to get on with their jobs, and to ensure the "principal purpose" of children's policy is to raise attainment in schools.
To meet these priorities, Labour's Every Child Matters legacy, while staying broadly intact, won't escape unscathed. A Conservative government, the shadow children's secretary reveals, will legislate to remove the obligation on local areas to establish children's trusts. As a result, local areas would no longer be required to publish joint children and young people's plans.
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