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Baroness Casey, Louise Casey, continues her series looking at the challenges facing whoever wins the next general election. Delving into the reasons why 5 major social policy problems on which she has worked remain un-solved, she looks at questions of governance and political complexity, and asks what we need from our government, at every level, to make things work better.

In this third episode Louise asks how we can do better for children in care. Reaching back to 2007, she hears how one tragic case and the political and media response to it produced unexpected results throughout the system. She asks what prevents governments taking a comprehensive approach to the problem. And as she speaks to care experienced people and hears how they saw Scotland's independent care review as a step forward, she examines what is preventing progress on implementing it.

Producer: Giles Edwards.