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- The UK government plans to create 10,000 new foster care places to address a 12% decline in foster carers over the past decade.
- It will invest £88 million to overhaul fostering rules, including a new national fostering rulebook to reduce bureaucracy and improve stability for children.
- The reforms will modernize rules to allow full-time workers and people from diverse backgrounds to become carers.
- The aim is to ensure vulnerable children grow up in safe, loving homes rather than in residential care, which often leads to poorer outcomes.
