The care-to-prison pipeline shows our failure of looked-after children
This problem is rooted in both a lack of protection and a dangerously out-of-date attitude perpetuated from the top down
In the past week, we have heard sombre stories about the state of children’s social care in the UK. The Department for Education revealed that the number of looked-after children has hit its highest number yet – up 1 per cent from 2020 to 80,850 – and the County Councils Network has predicted that this number will hit 100,000 by 2025. We must urgently address the national epidemic of inequality which has been growing silently in the dark.
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