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New legislation will speed up adoption (19 May 2016)

Date: 19/05/2016
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, New legislation will speed up adoption

The Queen’s Speech has announced that a bill will be introduced to ensure that children can be adopted by new families without delay – as well as improving the standard of social work and opportunities for young people in care in England.

The government will also introduce new indicators for measuring life chances, in order to tackle poverty and the causes of deprivation – including family instability, addiction and debt.
Legislation will be introduced to establish a soft drinks industry levy to help tackle childhood obesity – and new measures will also be introduced to help the lowest-income families save, through a new Help to Save scheme.

The government also plans to create a Lifetime ISA, to help young people save for the long-term.

The Queen’s Speech also announced that the government will continue its reform of public services, so that the hardest-to-reach in society can be helped.

A Bill will also be brought forward to lay foundations for educational excellence in all schools, to offer every child the best start in life.

It was also announced that there would be a fairer balance between schools, through the National Funding Formula – and to ensure that more people have the opportunity to further their education, legislation will be introduced to support the establishment of new universities and to promote choice and competition across the higher education sector.

On Sunday (15/05/16) the Prime Minister set out his plans to improve child care and education in Britain – and spoke of a zero tolerance approach to any failure by the State to improve social care.

He also said that the new adoption legislation would encourage more people to adopt, so that children would not have to spend “significant periods of their life” in care.

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