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• Golden goose: why private equity is eyeing up UK essential services

  04-08-2023 17:19
  
  More state funding and economies of scale are luring buyers but such firms prioritise shareholders, not societyChildcare sector in England ‘must not become playground for private equity’It’s easy to see why private equity houses are attracted to investment in essential services such as elderly care, fostering and, increasingly, childcare.These are not luxuries that can be easily dispensed with during economic downturns, such as the one into which Britain may soon be sliding. Co
  
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• How lockdown may have provided ‘cover’ for deadly child abuse in England

  04-08-2023 17:16
  
  Sentencing of stepfather of Jacob Crouch for boy’s murder is latest case from first year of Covid-19Jacob Crouch’s stepfather jailed for life for baby’s murderArthur Labinjo-Hughes, Star Hobson, Finley Boden and Jacob Crouch were killed during a seven-month period in 2020 after being subjected to sustained abuse by adults who were supposed to be caring for them.Arthur, a six-year-old who loved football and superheroes, was murdered by his stepmother in June 2020 after weeks of
  
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