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Family courts president blames austerity for record levels of children being taken into care
A preschool age child playing with plastic building blocks, January 24, 2016
AUSTERITY has played a role in record numbers of children being taken into care, the head of the family courts warned today.
Sir Andrew McFarlane said that he “would think there’s something wrong with society” given how busy the family court is.
The president of the Family Division in England and Wales said spending cuts since 2010 had left local authorities with fewer resources to do something other than go to court.
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