In their recent Policy Report, ‘Reclaiming Children's Services' (thanks for the nod to Hackney's reclaiming work!), Solace make a number of cogent propositions for developing new models of delivering children's services and taking back from central government and other agencies, services once delivered by local government.

Unfortunately, attention to this important paper has been diverted onto the least well thought through recommendation – to remove the statutory requirement for a Director of Children's Services (DCS).