Early intervention needs radical rejig

摘要

Executive member for children's services, Central Bedfordshire Council When it comes to social policy, you may not expect a Conservative councillor and Labour MP to be on the same page, but I was in furious agreement with Nottingham's Graham Allen when he visited Central Bedfordshire Council this month. Graham's recently completed review of early intervention for the Government was the subject of his keynote address to our multi-agency children's services conference, where he took the opportunity to call for fresh thinking on the funding of future initiatives.