Agency social work rules: ‘hugely frustrating’ delay to DfE consultation response

The government has delayed its response to a consultation on controversial national rules to regulate agency social work in England’s statutory children’s services.
The response was due in September, but the Department for Education (DfE) said it would now be published later in the year because it needed further time to get the policy right.
In its response to the separate consultation on its wider children’s social care reform strategy, Stable Homes, Built on Love, the DfE sai