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• Campaigners back Kate Garraway over Derek Draper’s essential care needs

  11-09-2023 17:52
  
  TV presenter says she is ‘battling the system’ to get support for her husband, who has been severely ill since getting Covid-19 in 2020Social care campaigners have backed TV presenter Kate Garraway after she revealed she is “battling the system” to secure essential care for her severely ill husband, Derek Draper.The Good Morning Britain presenter said at the weekend that she fears her husband could lose the support he needs, and that she is getting just four hours sleep a
  
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• Young people leave care, then are hung out to dry. Why don’t we help them get to university instead? | Floella Benjamin

  11-09-2023 16:00
  
  Getting looked-after children into university will save money, break intergenerational cycles and improve livesThis month, about half a million 18-year-olds around the UK will be packing their bags ready to start university. The latest figures show that 47% of young people from state-funded schools will progress into higher education by age 19; but the same figure for children who grew up in care is just 14%. This is the “care ceiling” that holds back young people who have had the wo
  
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