Revealed: thousands of children in care placed in unregulated homes
Lack of facilities to house vulnerable children in UK has led to rise in unsafe placements
Thousands of children in care are increasingly being placed in homes that are illegal or unregulated, in what critics have labelled a national scandal, a Guardian investigation has found.
A lack of places to house vulnerable children in the UK is prompting a surge in placements that are less safe. These include those that are unregulated or not registered with Ofsted.