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Councils flag concerns about 'excessive profits' at children's homes

Local Government Association calls for financial oversight of privately run facilities

Councils have called for financial oversight of England’s privately-run children’s care homes after research showed some of the biggest private equity-owned providers were collectively making hundreds of millions a year in profits.

The Local Government Association (LGA) also warned that the increasing indebtedness of some of the largest private providers risked triggering a Southern Cross-style financial collapse, potentially leaving vulnerable children without a home.

The call for increased regulation comes amid concern about the sustainability of the increasingly privatised children’s care market, as well as the quality of some care provision, highlighted by revelations that thousands of youngsters were placed in unregulated accommodation such as boats and caravans.

A study published on Friday by the LGA found the six biggest private children’s care providers made £219m in profits last year. (Guardian - my bold)

Good morfternoon.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jan/29/councils-flag-concerns-about-excessive-profits-at-childrenshomes

Yeah, found myself not to going to bed until 3AM (or even later) more and more in the past year.

If you're feeling okay and it's not bothering you, please don't worry about it, that's my advice. But I'm your friend not your GP.

“We squeaked by [in the election]. I don’t know what I would have done if Biden had lost. It crossed my mind to move to another country.” The last four years, though, have taken a toll on her mental health. “I couldn’t believe that this great nation had sunk so low,” she says. “I’ll never forgive the people that voted for him, ever. I have an angry place inside of me now. I hope it doesn’t kill me.”

Nancy Sinatra: 'I'll never forgive Trump voters. I hope the anger doesn't kill me'

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/29/nancy-sinatra-ill-never-forgive-trump-voters-i-hope-the-anger-doesnt-kill-me



I know what you mean Nancy.

Her late dad would almost certainly have been a fan, of course.

Her father was no fan of Trump: according to Frank’s former manager, he told Trump to “go fuck himself” after the billionaire refused to meet Frank’s fee for a 1990 performance at an Atlantic City casino.

Article about a 'right to regenerate' public land policy that was announced under cover of the 'legal protection for statues no-one actually wants to pull down' nonsense.

The new process will be fast and simple, and the Secretary of State will act as an arbiter to ensure fairness and speedy outcomes in all cases.

Further proposals in the new Right to Regenerate consultation also include: Publishing a definition of unused or underused land, helping to guide and encourage the public to make requests.

Apparently not.

Though of course there's a big difference between disliking someone because of their politics and being pissed off about not being paid.

He was certainly a big fan of Ronald Reagan.

In a Twitter thread, Kemi Badenoch accused the journalist from HuffPost of “creepy and bizarre” behaviour, and published screenshots of questions sent to her MP’s office and to a ministerial press office, naming the reporter.

In the wake of the tweets, the journalist concerned, Nadine White, had been forced to make her own Twitter account private as she was receiving so much abuse, HuffPost said.

What was "creepy" about that?