Social Care - Advice for councils to meet needs of homeless teens
05 November 2009
In the wake of the recent Lords ruling, Janaki Mahadevan looks at the challenges facing councils in meeting their duty to provide support and accommodation to homeless 16- and 17-year-olds.
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