Speaking at the council’s children and young people scrutiny committee on 3 June, Reform UK’s Andy Osborn said some children in care homes are "downright evil".
Councillor Osborn said: "Talking to a neighbour who used to work in one of these care homes, some of these children are not just naughty, they can be downright evil, smashing cars up, running away from home, and on drugs.
“It is not just a case of somebody being a bad boy or a bad girl, it is a case of they have learnt from their bad parents not to react correctly."
Osborn’s comments have drawn stinging criticism from across the children’s social care sector with posters on Linked In branding them “unacceptable”, “disgraceful” and “discriminatory”.
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