Targets claim over forced adoptions is the title of a METRO article that invites comments. It refers to a BBC article and BBC Radio 4′s Face the Facts programme:
- 1,300 babies under a month old are now being adopted every year, compared with 500 when the present Government came into power
- Social Workers told the programme that they were being put under pressure to meet the Government adoption targets set in 2000 and that parents are not being given a proper chance to challenge adoptions because of the time limit on appeals and the secrecy within the family courts.
The article contains excellent quotes. Here from family law solicitor Sarah Harman: Continue reading

