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Why illegal children's homes are being paid up to £2m per child by councils

English councils are placing vulnerable children in illegal, unregistered homes costing up to £2m per year due to a shortage of regulated placements and market profiteering.

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illegal children's homesunregistered placementssocial carelocal authoritieschild protectionprivatizationvulnerable childrenmarket failureOfstedfoster care

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