Thank you, Sarah.

It was good to catch the tail end on some of what Rachel was saying as well as the Children’s Commissioner where happily there’s an enormous overlap and alignment between our ambition for children and young people in our country.

As you know Sarah, it’s always a pleasure for me to come to the King’s Fund but I’m especially delighted to be here today to talk about a subject close to my heart.

And on that note, I’m particularly pleased that we have so many young people with us here today.

I always try to say yes to Barnardo’s whenever they ask me to do something because we share a mission which is to provide the best possible start in life especially for kids from backgrounds like mine.

Dr. Barnardo’s first orphanage was set up in Stepney, just down the road from the c

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