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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Family lawyers will be keeping a close eye on plans to speed up adoption, announced in this week’s Queen’s Speech. The Children and Social Work Bill would put into practice a legacy policy for the prime minister, both changing the requirements to be taken into consideration in adoption cases and creating a “care leavers’ covenant” where looked-after children would be given support until they are 25-years-old. Full story - New Law Journal
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Family lawyers will be keeping a close eye on plans to speed up adoption, announced in this week’s Queen’s Speech. The Children and Social Work Bill would put into practice a legacy policy for the prime minister, both changing the requirements to be taken into consideration in adoption cases and creating a “care leavers’ covenant” where looked-after children would be given support until they are 25-years-old. Full story - New Law Journal
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