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My latest investigation into the booming shadow care market, where councils send 100s of kids, reveals an absolutely shocking catalogue of potential safeguarding failures in one of the UK's largest illegal operators 1/2
Tom Wall
@_tomwall
Journalist. News and investigations for @Guardian @ObserverUK @BBCRadio4 @TBIJ
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- Important reporting by @NoelTitheradge on the appalling plight of children in illegal homes & the underlying factors driving, what should be seen as a national crisisI've found Illegal children's homes are now being paid £2m a year by councils Whistleblowers tell me they've found children barricaded inside bedrooms and sofas propped up by bricks Here's why they're being used: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
- This must be one of the worst unreported scandals of our times: councils are sending 100s of kids to unregulated care homes where they are being targeted by gangs. My write up of new research 👇
- Lobbying by powerful firms should at the very least be out in the open. But I’ve discovered big tech execs have been secretly meeting with a key Number 10 advisor. My exclusive for the Guardian 1/2
- A vulnerable 15-year-old girl was placed in an illegal children's home where she was abused by two ex-soldiers in the worst safeguarding failure uncovered so far in Britain's growing shadow care system. My investigation for @TBIJ 👇
