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LGA response to the family justice review

3 November 2011

Cllr David Simmonds, Chairman of the LGA's Children and Young People Board, said: "Children must not become the victims of the lengthy court process. Councils are dedicated to putting children first and those in care need to be saved from the years of uncertainty created by the current court system.

"The Government has recently challenged local authorities to remove the barriers that delay decisions in the adoption and fostering process. It must now play its part by implementing these recommendations to stop children and families from spending an unacceptable length of time going through the court.

"Councils take their responsibilities towards children in their care extremely seriously and while we acknowledge that there is work to do to tackle the variation in performance across local authorities we want to work with Government to remove unnecessary obstacles and ensure children are in stable and loving homes wherever possible."



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