For 4 years Newsnight has been investigating issues with unregulated kids’s houses. In 2019 we revealed how hundreds of youngsters in care had been being positioned in unregulated houses, typically the place prison gangs thrived and sexual exploitation was commonplace.
Youngsters at the moment advised us they’d been exploited, abused and left to fend for themselves. In 2021, after Newsnight’s investigation, the federal government modified the legislation making it unlawful for kids in care below 16 to be positioned in these houses in England.
Yesterday they went even additional, asserting a ban for anybody below 18 in care from being housed in unsuitable grownup settings too.
Regardless of these adjustments to the legislation, susceptible youngsters who aren’t in care are nonetheless being put in danger.
A BBC investigation has discovered a whole lot of youngsters liable to homelessness have been put into grownup lodging like hostels. Charities say it is by no means acceptable to put 16 or 17 yr olds in grownup settings with out specialist help as a result of they may very well be exploited.
Correspondent Anna Collinson reviews. If you happen to’ve been affected by any of the problems raised within the movie, you possibly can name BBC Motion line on 0800 066 066.
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