Since his appointment as Justice Secretary four months ago, Michael Gove has wasted little time putting his stamp on the youth justice system.
Within the space of two months, pre-existing plans to build a landmark 320-place "secure college" for young offenders at Glen Parva, Leicestershire, first announced in January 2014, were scrapped.
Since then, Gove has moved to recruit old ally Sir Martin Narey, who he appointed as chair of the Adoption Leadership Board last April, to a senior adviser role within the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).
And he has now ordered a review of the youth justice system to be led by behaviour expert Charlie Taylor - who he previously appointed to conduct a review on classroom discipline during his time at the Department for Education.
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