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Homeless people's tents erected outside a furniture store in Tottenham Court Road, London
A VULNERABLE homeless teenager given a tent to live in by a council is one of a litany of heartbreaking cases detailed in a report published today on the treatment of children in care.
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman used real cases to show where local authorities have failed.
The report – Careless: Helping to improve council services to children in care – focuses on children going into care, being fostered or put into a care home, and eventually leaving the system.
After years of austerity and denial under a new Reform UK council, a failing Send service was pushed into the spotlight by staff, unions and parents — culminating in a £1.3m funding boost and a 50% increase in front-line workers. MARTIN PORTER explains
Holding office in local government is a poisoned chalice for a party that bases its electoral appeal around issues where it has no power whatsoever, argues NICK WRIGHT
Run-down homes cited by Social Workers Union as danger factor for children
