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Kinship carers in England to be given financial support in government pilot
Politics•February 27, 2026 at 12:01 AMNational

Kinship carers in England to be given financial support in government pilot

By Patrick Butler Social policy editor•The Guardian - UK News

Charities hail ‘groundbreaking’ scheme for grandparents and others who take full parental responsibility for a childGrandparents who step in to provide full-time care for their grandchildren to prevent them being taken into care will be given guaranteed financial support under a government pilot scheme.Charities welcomed the trial as groundbreaking and said if fully rolled out across England it had the potential to transform the lives of tens of thousands of children looked after under “kinship care” arrangements. Continue reading...

Charities hail ‘groundbreaking’ scheme for grandparents and others who take full parental responsibility for a child

Grandparents who step in to provide full-time care for their grandchildren to prevent them being taken into care will be given guaranteed financial support under a government pilot scheme.

Charities welcomed the trial as groundbreaking and said if fully rolled out across England it had the potential to transform the lives of tens of thousands of children looked after under “kinship care” arrangements.

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