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• Parents to fight ‘farming out’ of children to care homes far away

  16-02-2019 12:17
  Vulnerable youngsters ‘put at risk’ hundreds of miles from familiesA group of parents are planning legal action to ensure their children are housed in residential care homes close to where they live. Their move comes as an MPs’ inquiry starts this week into the growing trend of local authorities to “farm out” vulnerable youngsters to homes far from their families, which they claim leaves them open to exploitation.The challenge to the increasing use of out-of-borough
  
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• Parents unite to fight the ‘farming out’ of children to distant care homes

  16-02-2019 07:30
  MPs back challenge to policy that can see vulnerable teens falling prey to drugs gangsA group of parents are planning legal action to ensure their children are housed in residential care homes close to where they live. Their move comes as an MPs’ inquiry starts this week into the growing trend of local authorities to “farm out” vulnerable youngsters to homes far from their families, which they claim leaves them open to exploitation.The challenge to the increasing use of out-of-
  
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