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• Matt Hancock urged to 'move faster' to get care workers protective kit

  28-03-2020 19:50
  
  Shortages heighten concerns for those working with suspected Covid-19 patients
  Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMatt Hancock must “move faster” to provide protective equipment for all social care workers to ensure their safety, senior local government figures have urged.In a letter to the health secretary, the politically neutral Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) said sufficient supplies of
  
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• Privatising children's homes is 'playing into the hands of abusers'

  28-03-2020 16:05
  
  Vulnerable young people at greater risk from county lines drugs gangs, says Howard League for Penal ReformThe increasing privatisation of children’s care homes is “playing into the hands of abusers” and putting children in danger of exploitation, according to a new report, seen by the Observer. Market forces are being allowed to dictate the housing and care of vulnerable children over their best interests, the study concludes, putting them at greater risk from “county lin
  
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