HannahMitch published Nottinghamshire County Council votes to stop accepting lone child...

Nottinghamshire County Council has moved to suspend its scheme to support child asylum seekers.The decision was made at the council's children and young people's committee earlier today (July 17).The committee voted in favour of suspending the voluntary transfer schemes, which allow local authorities to care for unaccompanied children who arrive in the UK and claim asylum, due to a funding shortfall.This was in spite of a group of protestors gathering outside County Hall ahead of the meeting to.