Calls for new PM to appoint a Cabinet minister for children and young people

Representatives from the voluntary sector, academia and business are to join politicians in Westminster’s Terrace Pavillion today to call for the appointment of a Cabinet minister for children and young people.

It comes as the new Prime Minister Liz Truss begins appointing ministers to her Cabinet after being invited by the Queen to form a Government yesterday.

Members of the Children’s Alliance want the new Prime Minister to appoint a minister for children and young people to ensure children’s needs are at the ‘heart’ of policy across all Government departments.