Former social worker Janet Daby has been replaced by ex-Frontline chief executive Josh MacAlister as children’s minister in the government reshuffle.

This means he will be tasked by implementing reforms to the sector based on those he conceived through his 2021-22 Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, commissioned by the previous Conservative government.

MacAlister’s care review, called for an additional £2.6bn to be invested in children’s services over four years, principally to shift provision from late to early intervention, reducing the numbers of children in care or on child protection plans through better family support