“We will be bringing forward a pilot for kinship allowances soon. It will benefit up to 5,000 children, and I can confirm that, as part of the pilot, payments will be equivalent to foster rates....” 👂Listen to Josh MacAlister MP, the Minister for Children and Families, give the government’s latest update on the long-awaited pilot of financial allowances for kinship carers. The Minister shared this at a debate in Parliament yesterday, where the commitment from MPs to drive forward better financi