Fifteen months on, I’m so proud that the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act is now law.
In those months, we’ve seen why these changes are needed now more than ever – a short recap below on why that’s the case. 
The conflict in Iran – a war we won’t be dragged into – has families worried about the cost of living.
By rolling out free breakfast clubs, expanding free school meals and cutting the cost of school uniform, we’ll save families up to £1,000 and boost household finances.
The Act will make sure all schools teach the national curriculum and since we introduced it, we’ve put the work in to renew our curriculum so it’s cutting-edge.
This legislation ensures every child in our country gets an education that leaves them ready for work, ready for life.
I have seen too many preventable tragedies in the fifteen months since we introduced the Bill.
It represents the biggest piece of child protection legislation in a generation – no more empty words, no more ‘lessons learned’, this is real action at last.
Thank you to colleagues at the Department for Education and in Parliament who have worked to get it into law – Jacqui Smith, Olivia Bailey MP, Josh MacAlister MP, Georgia Gould, Emma Foody, Alan Strickland, Amanda Martin MP, Stephen Morgan MP, Catherine McKinnell, Janet Daby MP and the Bill Committee team.