Local government reorganisation (LGR) is no longer a distant proposal. It is advancing rapidly, alongside sweeping national reforms across the totality of children's services, from social care and schools to early years and youth justice. The scale, pace, and simultaneity of this transformation are unprecedented, and the risks are not theoretical.
Current proposals are shaped largely by governance models, geography and financial assumptions, but they do not ask the most critical question: what will this mean for children, young people and families?
