Children’s care spending at ‘all-time high’ as early intervention outlay plummets

Around 1,700 children are referred to children’s social care services every day in England – while council spending on early intervention services has dropped by more than £2bn, or 42%, since 2010/11.

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The Local Government Association (LGA) said that with 621,880 referrals to children’s social care in the year ending 31 March 2024, there was a

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