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When profit is put above the welfare of vulnerable children in care | Letters

Readers respond to an article by George Monbiot on the companies cashing in on unregulated children’s homes in EnglandRegarding George Monbiot’s article (Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care, 5 June), several years ago, as a newly elected councillor, I was shocked by the high cost of placing children in private residential care. When I discussed this with friends and family, their reaction was largely one of disbelief that this...