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The Children and Social Work Act 2017: an overview

During May 2016, the House of Lords began the first reading of the Children and Social Work Bill (see Legal update, Children and Social Work Bill first reading in House of Lords). The Bill was introduced following a programme of suggested reforms set out in the government’s July 2016 policy paper Putting children first: our … Continue reading The Children and Social Work Act 2017: an overview