Babies need a stable loving home as early as possible, ministers say
New-born babies being taken into care should be fostered by people who want to adopt them, the prime minister has said.
David Cameron has said the law in England will be changed to encourage more councils to do this - so more babies can find a loving home earlier. He says it is "shocking" that so many babies taken in to care at one month wait 15 months to be adopted.
The government has pledged to simplify and speed up the adoption process.
It wants babies to be placed with prospective adoptive parents before the courts have decided to remove them permanently from their natural parents.
This is already being done by some councils, such as Harrow, which is working with the Coram children's charity. In some cases, there might be disappointment for those trying to adopt, because the courts might eventually decide to return the child to its natural parents.
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New-born babies being taken into care should be fostered by people who want to adopt them, the prime minister has said.
David Cameron has said the law in England will be changed to encourage more councils to do this - so more babies can find a loving home earlier. He says it is "shocking" that so many babies taken in to care at one month wait 15 months to be adopted.
The government has pledged to simplify and speed up the adoption process.
It wants babies to be placed with prospective adoptive parents before the courts have decided to remove them permanently from their natural parents.
This is already being done by some councils, such as Harrow, which is working with the Coram children's charity. In some cases, there might be disappointment for those trying to adopt, because the courts might eventually decide to return the child to its natural parents.
Go to Fostercarenews
