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WATCH LIVE as we hear from Sir Andrew McFarlane, Cafcass and the Association of Directors of Children's Services parliamentlive.tv/event/index/7a…

WATCH LIVE as we hear from experts on young people’s mental health parliamentlive.tv/event/index/54…

WATCH LIVE as we hear from former Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield, her successor Dame Rachel de Souza, and mental health expert Dr Matt Woolgar committees.parliament.uk/event/14342/fo…

We are looking forward to hearing from the Government at 15:15 ow.ly/NQsL30srW9M

🧵 Today, House of Lords Children and Families Act Committee has published their final report concluding that the Children and Families Act 2014 has largely been a missed opportunity to meaningfully improve the lives of children and their carers – including for #KinshipFamilies. x.com/HLChildrenAct/…

Hear from the Chair of the Committee, Baroness Tyler of Enfield, on the key findings from our report on the Children and Families Act 2014. 📝 You can find our main findings and read the full report here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/581/…

No surprise that a new House of Lords report concludes that implementation of the Children & Families Act 2014 has been a failure and children & families have suffered as a result. Peers call it a missed opportunity and say that the SEND system needs to be properly accountable.

"When the systems we looked at, including education, family justice and social care, fail to provide adequate support, it is children and their families who bear the burden." ✍️ Claire Tyler politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

Today House of Lords Children and Families Act Committee published their report ‘Children and Families Act 2014: A failure of implementation’ The report found the landmark piece of legislation a largely missed opportunity to improve the lives of children and young people. Read more: buff.ly/3UAgUVa

#ADCS President Steve DCS Hants & IOW responds to the House of Lords Children and Families Act Committee report below 👇🏽 Read what he had to say here bit.ly/3P53wY4

Great to see our words and recommendations being shared more widely. The new House of Lords Children and Families Act Committee report highlights Pause’s findings on the lack of data on women who have had children removed from their care and includes recommendations around contact 👇

"The Children and Families Act 2014 has ultimately failed in meaningfully improving the lives of children and young people" Important report out this week by House of Lords Children and Families Act Committee scrutinising the implementation of the Act. Pleased to have given evidence on the state of MH provision 👇🏾

"When it comes to developing legislation, the real work begins after the act is passed." Read what our Chair had to say about the importance of post-legislative scrutiny, and how the Children and Families Act 2014 was a missed opportunity: thetimes.co.uk/article/the-go…

🎧 Listen to our chair discuss our inquiry and its findings, including what comes next, on the House of Lords podcast: parliament.uk/business/lords…

Yesterday our chair, Claire Tyler, raised some of the findings of our report during a crucial debate on children's social care. You can read our main conclusions and recommendations here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/581/…

📖 Last week we published our report on the Children and Families Act 2014. 👀 Watch below for an overview of our main findings, or read our full report at: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5803/ldse…

Ofcom Lords COVID-19 Committee: Life beyond COVID Next in Grand Committee, #HouseOfLords members debate House of Lords Children and Families Act Committee report ‘A failure of implementation’. ️➡️ Learn more and watch online at the link in our bio