A new £48 million ($66 million) National Adoption Strategy has been launched to improve adoption services in England. The government said the strategy will aim to better support families when adopting by tackling “the postcode lottery,” and breaking down “barriers to creating permanent, stable, and loving homes as quickly as possible.” The investment is set to improve the country’s adoption services by removing unnecessary delays, providing more training for frontline staff, and funding targeted recruitment campaigns to better match prospective adopters with children and young people. A new framework of national standards will also be introduced to end the “postcode lottery” which often sees the quality of adoption services depend on where a child or adopter lives. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “There is no substitute for a loving, permanent family. A stable family unit is key to boosting life chances and there are so many adoptive parents across the …