Industry News by Jacob Murray
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A research investigation commission by county councils has indicated that 100,000 children could be in care by the year 2025.

This would represent a 36% rise in the decade from 2015. In 2015, 69,000 children in England were looked after by councils – but by March 2020, the figure was 80,080.

The increase in putting unprecedented pressure on the budget’s of local authorities. The average price to put a child into a children’s home is £4000.