The following news is being presented as a triumph, but it is actually a disaster for families and children. What is often missed is that almost a third of adopted children are returned to the care system: only at that point they have been completely detached from their families.
"The number of children adopted from state care has risen by almost 60 per cent in four years to more than 5,000 – the highest level since modern records began...
Figures released yesterday showed 5,050 children were adopted in the year to the end of March, an increase of 26 per cent in a year and 58 per cent since 2010.
The number of children adopted under four years old has gone up by 70 per cent since 2010.
There are now more adoptions than at any time since comparable records began in 1992."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2775815/Adoption-60-just-four-years-Gove-shake-cuts-red-tape-Number-children-families-state-care-rises-5-000.html#ixzz3FmxkxcYz
Seven years ago John Hemming MP spoke out against the adoption system.
Read more here http://punishmentwithoutcrime.wordpress.com/about/our-mps/john-hemming-mp/
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