Guardian / Front page – 19 February 2011 (Photo credit: *spo0ky*)
Here is the story of a former Director of Social Services who had become a whistleblower, but was gagged to remain silent: Silencing a scandal – the story of Colin Smart – published by The Guardian in April 1998:
“It is debatable,” he wrote, “whether the majority of children now in residential care have been more harmed by the circumstances which brought them into the system, or by their time with social services.”
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- Anatomy of Silence: Krishnamurti (heartflow2012.wordpress.com)
- Inquiry to investigate conditions for children in care (guardian.co.uk)
- Crisis in social care costs Britain over £5bn a year (independent.co.uk)
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