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.