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Home Office refusal to resettle child refugees an ‘ideological decision’

THE government’s failure to resettle child refugees in Britain despite there being spaces available is an “ideological decision,” the head of a fostering agency charged today.

Tact Care chief executive Andy Elvin said that fostering agencies have repeatedly informed the Tories of dozens of available spaces for child refugees. 

These offers, including 25 spaces at Tact Care, have all been ignored, Mr Elvin said. 

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