Biography
Lord Hannay raised the topic of unpaid carers, specifically kinship care, during a speech on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill in May 2025. He highlighted kinship care as an often overlooked aspect of the state's responsibility for children in difficulties and declared his membership of the All-Party Group on Kinship Care. He indicated that while the Bill touches on kinship care, he believed it could address the issue more clearly and decisively.
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“…Then there are the complexities and the costs of the legal hoops which must be gone through before kinship carers can gain recognised status for their role. Little wonder that many are scared off setting off along the course of kinship care, or abandon it halfway through.”
Record by topic
- Unpaid carers243rd of 2832.0
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily quoting them directly.
- Sheffield City Council: 'We must build on progress to support unpaid carers'sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk