Keeping children safe, helping families thrive
A policy statement setting out the government's commitment to whole system reform of the children’s social care system.
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‘Keeping children safe, helping families thrive’ outlines the government’s commitment to keeping families together and children safe.
It also outlines a commitment to support children to live in family settings where children cannot remain at home, including through kinship or foster care, rather than residential care.
Alongside this, the statement sets out ambitions to fix the broken care market, and ensure the system is working effectively for vulnerable children and families.
Legislative proposals in the statement will be taken forward when parliamentary time allows.
This policy statement was laid in Parliament on 18 November 2024.