West Berkshire Council has adopted a proposal that being a ‘care experienced’ person will be viewed as a protected characteristic. Those people will be afforded the same protections and rights as other groups who are considered to have a protected characteristics in the Equalities Act 2010. The move follows the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, published in May 2022 (The ‘Macallister Review’), which recognised the often-negative outcomes for people with care experience and recommended that the Government should make ‘care experienced’ a protected characteristic. The final report re…