The story of children in care is a "woeful tale of failures". So said Frank Dobson when he became health secretary after Labour's landslide victory in 1997. Fast-forward 10 years and the government says it has spent almost £1bn on children in care. Yet a significant gap still remains between how well those in care do compared with other...
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Analysis: Looked-after children - Will the children in care Bill deliver?
With the reforms in the Children and Young Persons Bill the government hopes to give looked-after children and young people a better future. But do the measures go far enough to make a real difference to these children? Ruth Smith reports.
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