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Investigation: How children's homes became a goldmine for unlikely owners

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3.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In the week that the government announced a major review into England's council-run children's services, a Times investigation has found scores of inexperienced owners in the sector - including those with criminal convictions. With young people at risk, and big money to be made, what needs to change?

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When children enter care because of abuse, neglect, or because their parents are no longer

1:13.6

able to look after them, they're either fostered by families or they end up in care homes.

1:21.2

These can be run by local authorities or by charities, but these days they're often run by

1:25.8

for-profit companies. They can be very simple and they can just be a house

1:29.5

in a residential area that's been converted for this purpose.

1:35.7

A time's investigation has now found that a number of children's care homes are being run

1:42.6

by people with some very dubious credentials.

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