Think-tank highlights 'staggering' failings in support for vulnerable children

Derren Hayes
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Local authorities are carrying out "unscrupulous and illegal" practices to restrict the support they provide to vulnerable children in need of social care and mental health services, a think-tank has claimed.

Vulnerable children in need of support are not receiving it because they do not meet the threshold for social care services, the report has found.
Vulnerable children in need of support are not receiving it because they do not meet the threshold for social care services, the report has found.

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