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Poverty crisis resulting in more child removals, social workers warn
Children enjoying playing on swings in a park near Ashford, Kent, March 4, 2017
CHILDREN in Britain are facing a “poverty crisis,” with a third of social workers witnessing child removals in the past three years due to the cost-of-living crisis.
Polling by the Social Workers Union (SWU) revealed today that half of social workers believe that child removals where poverty or financial poverty is a key factor have increased in recent years.
A quarter disagreed and the remainder were unsure.
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