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• The Guardian view on privatised children's services: deregulation failures | Editorial

  06-03-2022 19:25
  
  The bad behaviour of a Bolton children’s home owner was extreme. But the weak oversight that enabled it was an everyday occurrenceWho will stand up for the children in care who are being let down, as evidenced by repeated scandals? The home owned by Robert McGuinness in Bolton, and closed in January after Ofsted discovered a child who had not changed his clothes or bathed for months, is an egregious example of the casual neglect that has spread like a stain across the sector.Mr McGuinness,
  
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• Caring roles block career advancement for three in five women

  06-03-2022 07:30
  
  Research shows as many as 50% of ethnic minority carers say responsibilities hold them back from finding new positionsThree out of five women say their caring responsibilities for children and other vulnerable or elderly relatives are preventing them from applying for a new job or promotion, while only one in five men say the same, according to new research.The poll of 5,444 people by Ipsos Mori and the charity Business in the Community (BITC) found that nearly half the workforce are combining p
  
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