22 care-experienced young people died in Scotland in 2025. And now we’re being told that information surrounding deaths in state care is missing, withheld or redacted. Shock horror. Children’s services and local authorities withholding information. Who could possibly have seen that coming 🙄 We’ve spent YEARS talking about The Promise. Years of commitments, strategies, reports and promises of change. But at what point does everyone stop talking about what they intend to do and start looking at what is actually happening on the ground? Because The Promise has become another buzzword. Just like “lessons learned”. We hear the right words, we get the carefully worded statements, and we’re told things will be better. But where is the meaningful action? And when young people die, why are we still facing questions about missing information and redacted details? Care-experienced people deserve answers. Families deserve answers. And the public deserves to know whether the systems responsible for protecting vulnerable young people are actually being held accountable. You cannot promise change while refusing to be transparent about what is happening. We are tired of the talk. We are tired of the buzzwords. And we are tired of seeing commitments made while the reality on the ground tells a very different story. The Promise needs to mean something in practice, not just on paper. glasgowlive.co.uk/news/new-f…