A consultation on the proposals to speed up the adoption and fostering process was launched yesterday.
The changes, which will come into force next year, mean that foster parents will no longer have to call a social worker before taking a child for a haircut or arranging a sleepover at a friend’s house.
Adopters and foster carers who have already been approved will no longer have to have a criminal records check if they want to adopt through the fast track process, unless agencies insist on it.
Mr Timpson, whose parents fostered more than 80 children and who has two younger brothers who were adopted, said, ‘I know from my own family that adopting and fostering can transform young lives for the better. I want more children in care to have the opportunity of a stable, loving environment where they can reach their full potential, whatever their start in life.
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