Special Report: Special Guardianship Orders strengthened from this month
New regulations come into force this month
New regulations to strengthen Special Guardianship Orders are set to come into force next week following the government’s pledge in December to review the framework underpinning SGOs.
The government came good on its earlier promise as children and families minister Edward Timpson laid before Parliament ‘The Special [...]
Kinship carers exempt from tax credit cap
Kinship carers will not face a two-child cap on tax credits following Lords debate
The House of Lords has accepted a move to exempt kinship carers from the two-child cap on tax credits, a key part of the government’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
In a debate this week, The Lord [...]
Why Kinship Care should be utilised more frequently
As former health secretary Alan Johnson stated that the care system neither encourages nor sufficiently supports kinship care as an alternative to care arrangements, Mark Willis, Managing Director of WillisPalmer, discusses some of the key issues raised at the organisation’s recent conference on the issue of Kinship Care.
The care system neither encourages nor sufficiently supports [...]
Kinship care needs greater recognition, says former health secretary
The care system neither encourages nor sufficiently supports kinship care as an alternative to care arrangements, a former health secretary has said.
At a Commons backbench debate on children in care, Alan Johnson said while there is helpful guidance on kinship care, but there is no statutory duty that requires local authorities to explore the kinship [...]
