• The Children Act and the principle of less eligibility | Letter

    The Children Act and the principle of less eligibility | Letter
    Government policy appears to be moving away from promoting children’s satisfactory development, and we are all the poorer for it, says Harriet WardOne of the most significant features of the Children Act 1989 (Society, 13 November) was that it introduced a child development framework into the rationale for the provision of statutory services for children and families. Whereas previous legislation had focused on the circumstances under which parents might be regarded as “unfit”

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