Occasional pieces — on the law, on the numbers, on what families tell us. We write slowly and we try not to shout.
Children's social care in England spent £15.5 billion in 2024-25. That number deserves to be looked at clearly — not to attack the people doing impossible work, but to ask whether the system around them is doing what we hope it is.
Most parents we hear from say the same thing. Nobody explained what was happening to them. Plain English is not a nice-to-have. It is the difference between feeling like a participant and feeling like a number.
The Transparency Pilot has opened a window into the family courts. We look at what is changing, what isn't, and what families tell us they still need.
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