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Homeless people's tents erected outside a furniture store in Tottenham Court Road, London
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.
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
After years of austerity and denial under a new Reform UK council, a failing Send service was pushed into the spotlight by staff, unions and parents — culminating in a £1.3m funding boost and a 50% increase in front-line workers. MARTIN PORTER explains
