Profits from English children’s care homes indefensible, bosses to be told

Head of government review of sector will urge private operators to cut costs and be responsive to children’s needsThe children’s residential care home sector is “broken” and dominated by private companies that rack up excessive profits despite delivering consistently poor outcomes for young people, a government adviser is to say.Josh MacAlister, the head of the government’s review of children’s social care, will warn children’s homes bosses they must cut