• The Guardian view on kinship carers: grandparents can’t repair a broken care system | Editorial

    The Guardian view on kinship carers: grandparents can’t repair a broken care system | Editorial
    New allowances for relatives who look after children, in lieu of parents, are a good idea. But they aren’t a solution to the wider problemEstimates of the number of children living in some form of kinship care in the UK vary, as does the definition. But the figure could be as high as 160,000 – around twice the number that are looked after by local authorities. In a minority of cases there is overlap, with relatives becoming foster carers. But despite their large number, these househo

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