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When it comes to care homes it’s the same cynical Tory tactic of cutting public funding for the state-run service so that privateers can swoop in to provide a degraded service, writes STEVEN WALKER

NEWS that the number of children in care in England could reach almost 100,000 by 2025, comes in timely fashion after November’s latest Children in Need appeal.

The harsh reality on the front line of Tory cuts and privatisation will cut through the glitzy, celebrity-saturated telethon, which has seen the amount raised on the night drop every year since 2016.

New county council research reveals that the projected number of children in care would represent a 36 per cent rise since the Tories came to power.

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