Sturgeon Admits Slow Progress On Promise to Improve Care for Children, Urges Decision-Makers to Stay the Course
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Nicola Sturgeon said there must be improvements in how her flagship policy for children in care is delivered
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She agreed there is an “implementation gap” around The Promise, a commitment to improve care-experienced young people's lives
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Sturgeon said vested interests pushing back against the policy have slowed progress more than expected
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She urged decision-makers not to take easy choices and said she would continue lobbying for changes
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In July 2022, Sturgeon said progress on The Promise was not happening quickly enough across government