The sorry story of children in care in England
The state is struggling to perform one of its most basic functions
Jade barnett learned that she was being moved from foster care into a children’s home a few years ago when she saw her possessions in the back of a taxi. The children’s home turned out to be near Blackpool, in north-west England—330 kilometres from London, where she grew up and where the social workers who were meant to be looking after her were based. She expected to stay in the home for two weeks. It turned into one and a half years.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Higher costs, worse treatment”
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