KEY POINTS: This report presents findings from the first wave of the Family Routes study, commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) and delivered by Ecorys UK, the Rees Centre (University of Oxford), and Ipsos. The study was designed to explore the needs, experiences, and outcomes of young people (aged 12–25) growing up in adoptive and special guardianship families in England, to improve understanding of long-term outcomes and inform policy and practice. The data use

Sunday Mirror 16 Nov 2025 BY SIMON MURPHY Brian Cox blasts adoption fund cuts Brian aged four with sister Bette, behind on the left Motherland’s Anna Maxwell Martin is calling for U-turn SUCCESSION star Brian Cox has thrown his weight behind a campaign to reverse cuts to a fund that provides vital therapy for vulnerable adopted kids. Funding for individuals under the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, which also helps those in kinship care looked after by family

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