• Revealed: top 10 children’s care providers made £300m profits

    Revealed: top 10 children’s care providers made £300m profits
    Concern at growing role of private equity as councils struggle to meet spiralling costsThe 10 largest providers of children’s social care placements made more than £300m in profits last year, according to research that will fuel concerns over profiteering by private providers.As pressure mounts within government, regulators, councils and fosterers over the provision of care for the country’s most vulnerable children, analysis seen by the Observer reveals the growing role of pri

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