PM Unveils 'Foster To Adopt' Plan



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 Prime Minister, David Cameron has said that new-born babies being taken into care should be fostered by people who want to adopt them.


Mr Cameron says the law in England will be changed to encourage more councils to do this - so more babies can find a loving home earlier.

He says it is "shocking" that so many babies taken in to care at one month wait 15 months to be adopted. The government has pledged to simplify and speed up the adoption process.

It wants babies to be placed with prospective adoptive parents before the courts have decided to remove them permanently from their natural parents. In some cases, there might be disappointment for those trying to adopt, because the courts might eventually decide to return the child to its natural parents.


Most often, children are moved from foster carers to adoptive parents once the courts have decided that the child should be adopted - a process that often takes more than a year.
 
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