Family justice needs wider reform, says Lib Dem peer

Children will benefit when fewer cases go to court and cuts to services are reversed, argues former Cafcass chair Claire Tyler

The successful turnaround of Cafcass, the once-troubled agency responsible for representing children’s interests in England’s family courts, will count for little unless the wider system is reformed, the agency’s former chair is warning.

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You can have​ too many people at care proceedings, yet in others there can be simply not enough support available

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