My immediate reaction to the story was to think back to all the harrowing accounts I had heard from local councillors about the parlous state of children’s social care. (Image: ITV)Central government funding to local government has fallen by nearly 50% since 2010 and most councils simply don’t have the cash to provide the services vulnerable children need. I was a ‘gobby cow’ and ‘the hard left Katie Hopkins’ for talking about the impact of austerity on our most vulnerable children. Children’s social care isn’t a glamorous issue – it’s not a front-line public service and most people are lucky enough never to encounter it. Grace Blakeley is a staff writer at Tribune Magazine, and author of Stolen: How to save the world from financialisation.

Source: Daily Mirror February 07, 2020 12:22 UTC