The petition has been launched by voluntary sector umbrella body Children England in response to a government consultation over the plans, which could see private providers run a raft of children’s services including child protection.
Launched on Saturday, the petition entitled ‘Keep Profit Out of Child Protection’ had been signed by 8,363 people within 72 hours.
Children England’s chief executive Kathy Evans said: “Many will recognise the need to explore possible new ways to improve and transform children’s services if their rights and lives are to be well-protected long into the future.
“However, [Education Secretary] Michael Gove must ensure that no commercial company and its shareholders should ever be able to make profit from public spending on child protection. Such an important public function must never be open to the real, or even perceived, risk of being done in the pursuit of profit.”
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