Friday, 12 July 2013

Fostering – Adoption: PM unveils ‘foster to adopt’ plan

Posted on 10:48 by Unknown
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...