The case involved foster carer Raymond Bewry, who raised concerns with the council in May 2009 about the care of asylum-seeking children. At the time of the complaint, he had been fostering two teenage asylum seekers. But in August 2009, while the children were away on a respite break, the council held a meeting without the knowledge of Bewry or the children in his care, and decided to stop the placement.
Despite winning a High Court case last month, Bewry, who is now chair of Norfolk's foster care association, is unable to start tribunal proceedings with the council because foster carers are not covered under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
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