DfE researching children’s homes workforce following CMA report and independent review
Children’s minister Will Quince has set out his priorities in response to the independent review of children’s social care and the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) Children’s Social Care report.
Children's minister Will QuinceMr Quince addressed Parliament and welcomed the recommendations set out in the Competition and Markets Authority report into the children’s social care [...]
Children’s minister: flexibilities on care legislation ‘no longer required’
The government has confirmed that local authorities should no longer be using flexibilities set out in the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and, where they are used, there should be “strong justification”.
The Department for Education introduced secondary legislation in April in response to COVID-19 and the problems it presented which [...]
Goodwill becomes new children’s minister
The government has confirmed the portfolios of the new ministers in the Department for Education following the General Election.
We reported how two ministers had been appointed to the Department following the General Election after children’s minister Ed Timpson lost his seat to Labour candidate Laura Smith https://www.willispalmer.com/dfe-appoints-two-ministers-following-timpsons-departure/ .
Timpson’s predecessor Tim Loughton said his departure [...]
DfE appoints two ministers following Timpson’s departure
Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department for Education (DfE) following the General Election.
The Rt Hon Anne Milton and Robert Goodwill have been appointed to the DfE by prime minister Theresa May.
The move follows former children’s minister Ed Timpson losing his seat in this month’s election to the Labour candidate Laura Smith. Former [...]
