Vulnerable children treated ‘like cattle’ in care home system

Experts raise concerns over safety and privacy of young people in social care system in England and Wales

Vulnerable children are being “treated like cattle” and moved around care homes in England and Wales, with councils routinely inviting companies to compete for the contracts through an online bidding process, experts have said.

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