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Halton private children's homes 'charging £15k a week per child'

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Halton Council said a lack of foster places and other suitable provision forced it to place more children with private providers at huge expense.

Council 's chief executive said local authorities were being put "absolutely at the mercy" of private sector operators.

Ofsted recently stated it wanted to tackle "excessive" profit-making by private-equity owned children's homes.

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84

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88

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58

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formal

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English

Language complexity

65

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possibly offensive

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short-lived

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