Submitted by Jade knight on Wednesday 14th January 2026
Published on Monday 16th February 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 16th August 2026
Current Signatures: 419
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Addressing ~ care services ~ Central ~ Children ~ commission ~ delayed ~ delivery ~ Denying ~ Families ~ Grassroots ~ IMPACT ~ independence ~ Inquiry ~ Major ~ Pressure ~ progress ~ Reform ~ Reviewed ~ risk ~ Schools ~ schools Bill ~ Severe ~ Social care ~ system ~ The Bill ~ Viewing ~ Wellbeing ~ work
Commission an independent inquiry into social care and social work
We call on the Government to commission an independent inquiry into the delivery of social work and social care services before making further progress on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
This review would assess the current system, and the impact of the Bill on any existing issues in the system. In our view, social work and social care systems are under severe pressure, resulting in delayed, unsuitable or denied support for children and families, including children in care. We believe these are systemic issues, not isolated cases or individual failings and that proceeding with major reform without independent scrutiny risks entrenching harm rather than addressing it. Given the significance of this we think Parents and grassroots organisations must be central to this inquiry.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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