Teens in care 'without food and duvet' - BBC Newsnight

[@wendy70ish]

This man is utterly despicable.. these children need stability and care , how can he justify this? 😡😡😡

[@RylkoB-e9z]

Local Authorities fraud.

[@philmcchrystal1670]

This what happens when social services and looking after most vulnerable is out sourced to private companies

[@flowerofscotland8839]

Absolutely.

[@zippymufo9765]

It's all about kickbacks and corruption. Those outside contractors are kicking money back to the local authorities.

[@jeffpayne9115]

@@flowerofscotland8839 @Flower of Scotland

[@Lucy-iy9ni]

Reality is , It’s white english voters that have voted for the system in place in the UK, that was not the fault of anyone else,,and nothing you say is going to change it..

[@beatingtype1]

So sad.

[@kcmartin2508]

This is a horrible way to "care" for teenagers 😰 How is dumping a kid in a house with other kids, with no help, no hope, and not even seeing to their basic needs.. how is that anything short of abandonment? They can be bullied or assaulted by other kids or strangers.. this is nothing short of criminal 😠

[@karenwilson9528]

How is this possible!!! 22,000 pounds! And those starving over 16's would be living on £40.00 as 'benefit scroungers'!!!!! DISGUSTING!

[@amaya.blossom]

I was in several under 16 and over 16 childrens homes just like this in Dover, Ashford, Maidstone and Folkestone. They're more common than you think... Some only care about the money and poorly-manned Social Services don't believe "problem children" like me when we ask for help. Three "supported accommodation" placements I was in after tipped me over the edge during to lack of support and NO basic mental health training which should be mandatory when looking after kids like us. I just can't believe that after so many years this is still an issue. It breaks my heart. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. 😔

[@arianathearyan]

I’m so glad that I’m not white lol

[@kerrypeters4724]

Whats skin colour got to do with it idiot ​@deadore

[@karenwilson9528]

This is the kind of thing I'd expect to see from a grinning con man in Nigeria!

[@aeydra]

For this amount of money, I cannot believe they couldn't find honest reliable people to manage these homes! Why can't families or couples apply to run foster homes of a few kids, monitored by social workers? These numbers are shocking, no wonder it attracts the wrong type of people if it's handed out unchecked!

[@ivelinaminkova2646]

Foster parents get paid less thsn than arsehole per child

[@John-mz8rj]

What a caring country this is.

[@v.a.993]

and civilized too.

[@Mascherina1964]

2:48 "Please Sir, may I have some more?" If this BBC story is true, this is worst than Oliver Twist! (The youth didn't even get a first serving.)

[@Mascherina1964]

@@katiemax12 I didn't mean any offence and my apologies if that's how my comment appeared. My indignation is leveled at a government which is at the head of the fifth largest economy and is incapable of taking care of its most vulnerable citizens. (Perhpas it would be more accurate to say it's unwilling to...) Take care of yourself and have a good life!

[@ML_53]

“This is one of our fleet vehicles we use to provide services to our vulnerable children” his explanations are insults.

[@MylezNevison]

I have lived in supported accommodation and have experienced insane things from housemates doing drugs, violence, exhibiting mental disorders, prostitution and stealing etc. Even had an armed police raid at the property l was living once, it was unheard of l tell you. The supported housing companies just aim to fill up the houses with unvetted individuals (from convicts to average joes) and never have real support in place yet they make so much money monthly charging exorbitant prices like £200 to £250 per room WEEKLY in an 8 bedroom property. The government will willingly pay £800 per person each month for to rent a room in a shared support house of multiple occupants BUT refuse to pay any more than 375 per month as a single person for a private tenant to house you in your own 2 bedroom flat. The system is broken. The photos and videos l got of the going ons in the house l lived will shock the hell out of you. Thank goodness l made it out of that house in one piece... physically, however mentally l think l got maimed.

[@LunakieCherrie]

I hate those homes, I live in a semi independent too it’s evil

[@suzannekirkwood6392]

Imagine if they spent all that money on actually looking after the kids in their care.

[@JMJ4444-f2n]

Horrific stories of abuse that these young teens and younger children had to endure in a system that was suppose to care for them! I noticed the office manager of this company that took thousands of dollars each month from different properties, was driving a BMW! He wore expensive shoes & suit!

[@karenwilson9528]

And the homes these children were removed from probably atleast had food and a duvet for them. No strangers fighting outside their bedroom door! It makes me sick! And thses are the socil workers judging perants!!!

[@heiligwong6220]

You know you can send a boy to Eton for 3k a month right?

[@sarahstrong7174]

Ridiculous! They should have to provide a set list of provisions for the money they charge. There should be set meals & snacks provided, set items they have to provide for each child & the household, set hours that staff have to spend with each child & group of children, set areas of guidence & tuition that staff should have to cover. There should be regulations & inspections. Surprise inspections,more than once a year. Interviews where children are asked what has been provided for them & if they need anything.

[@Bothy666]

And this is the uk in 2019 ! Shame on the uk government !

[@Emmyhughes88]

The government abuse children! Watch Shaun attwood channel on here

[@millienoble306]

as a kid currently in care (16+) i can say its the same if not worse i live in devon and the unregulated placements fillled with agency staff is awful ive been assualted and neglected in these placements

[@blomakranz]

When you see someone refuse to answer what they pay when here where I live you are legally obligated to make it known what you are doing with every penmy you make when relating to those under 18

[@crookedfingersgirl7356]

SHAME on those grifters living off taxes - to not even FEED them and have the 'staff' cook in front of them AND deny them food. What despicable excuses for people ... TYSM for advocating for children!!!

[@michaelallen3395]

Why are we allowing these corrupt Nigerian/African businessmen and woman take advantage of vulnerable children in need of help. He agreed the money paid for each house was true but think about the fact there were no staff or at most 2/3 that's £1,500mth probably in wages gas,elec,rent food this would be around £6- 10,000k mth. Massive prophet margins and unacceptable for the kids.

[@sparklingwater1430]

I only want white people corruption!

[@annrrf1464]

Oh shut up. Why does the race matter?

[@SummerMayDay]

@@annrrf1464Because Nigerians are the most common people to be scammers. Statistically speaking.

[@TexasbyStorm]

England has never had an issue stripping the poorest children from their home and even country. They sent them to workhouses then even in my lifetime to Christchurch to be unimaginably abused. England has ALWAYS failed when it comes to at risk children.

[@WendyBooth-j2t]

yes poorer or children living with one step and one birth parent were legally called orphans so the courts were free to take them frim the family home by force and propaganda that shames poverty. lies the child wouldn't succeed if they remained in family. shipped more than the institutions and govt admit to Australia. to be free labour plus sex toys.

[@JeremySpencerJJWS]

Why isn't someone holding the councils to account for the fantastic amounts of money they are being scammed?

[@nancythomas-wardm.b.a2993]

SS being scamed no...tax payers pay for this mismanagement however how to put a price on a child in fear!!!!

[@chilldude30]

It's the capitalists not the council we should be after... Although the council should be held accountable too because this is disgraceful.

[@shazdoryt]

People that try get gagged. Ex social workers, ex met police etc... Whistle-blowers at worst get put in mental institutions... at best are not taken seriously.. CP system is a hornets nest of evil. See what Jon Wedger has to say, plenty of info on KZbin. There are demos going on outside parliament by various parent groups.... voices not being heard.

[@shazdoryt]

See KZbin for videos from Samantha Baldwin, Anna Brees.... Jon Wedger... there are literally thousands of parents and groups trying to get the reality of the scandals that go on into public eye.

[@shazdoryt]

@@hmull4882 Foster-carers are paid more for a difficult child. We have an SEN child in our family that is on a YOS schemes, been excluded from 3 schools and has been arrested twice.... he is 13, SS don't want to take him...despite Mum begging them for support SW's not interested. My son however, never been excluded, never been in trouble with the police and is extremely well behaved... was removed from my care and I was deemed 'over-protective' .... neither of us did a thing wrong. I held his school to account for him being bullied and had a legal case against them... they called SS. It has destroyed me. SW's place children who will give them less paperwork to do. My son was told if he put a foot wrong he'd be put in a children's home.... he is now oppressed and damaged he is unhappy but just makes the best of the situation..... he's told he is a miserable teenager. Heartbreaking.

[@paulh7360]

Council tax being spent wisely I see, 28K a month to look after a teen? how is that allowed?

[@adibahmahmood77]

Based on a variety of different factors, the level of support needed for that child, their needs, the risks they pose to others in the home, the level of staffing needed to manage a child. It’s clear within this video different children from different boroughs have a different budget due to them factors.

[@karenwilson9528]

These children, lets be clear, are budgeting £44.00 a week. Imagine the difference if councils simply put them in a flat and paid them £200.00 a week. Winner all round, I'd say!

[@Beatrice7822]

This is not knew I could take you back to 1956 where I was put because nobody wanted me there was no where else to put me we were treated like convicts with a cruel regime I know that there are friends of mine who still suffer the consequences today they ruined my life I’ve suffered mental illness ever since. I was 15 I will talk to anyone about it .!,,,

[@michaeljulius7938]

such services should not be outsourced to private companies in the first place. Profit and welfare don't go together.

[@shedevil9169]

Nice car I bet with all money that's being raked in poor kids

[@nancythomas-wardm.b.a2993]

Totally disgraceful, unregulated, hungry...disgraceful =no care..social services should be scrapped immediately and an ethical volantree body installed with empathy....inquiry set up on the SS...God Bless the children.....

[@nancythomas-wardm.b.a2993]

Shameful in any third world country....is UK a third world country in this sector....angry for the children...what to do to help??

[@shazdoryt]

Totally agree. The public should demand that their hard earned tax money is spent properly... CPS is fraudulent and scandalous.... across the UK.

[@splinterbyrd]

Well looking after today's teenagers is not easy, but this is disgraceful. You absolutely cannot and must not rely on private enterprise to care for the vulnerable.

[@MiszGreene89]

Thanks for sharing I hope these people don't have anyone in there accommodations anymore this is sickening !!

[@TrumpGirl...]

That man...liar liar his pants on 🔥 lining his pockets... scandalous #SAVETHECHILDREN ❤️🙏❤️

[@stealthbum34]

This is what privatization is. This is what the Tories promote and what anyone who supports them voted for.

[@CP-dr7qy]

How could local authorities pay upwards of 5000 a month !!! I never got that amount from my parents my whole childhood let alone monthly. I understand it’s a business they pay for a lot but wow

[@jadehay7467]

Very little of that money goes to the child most of it is home running costs and profit

[@kieranmoss1501]

This is absolutely horrifying to watch. This is what taxpayers are paying for!? Shocking. Makes me sick to think that vulnerable children across the nation live in types of homes like this 🤬. The government need to sort their shit out.

[@Emmyhughes88]

This has been going on over 50 years!!

[@jakehenderson9845]

Britain is getting closer to their dark days, more british children homeless sleeping on the streets, british educational system is going down, 50,000 british young people are at risk on being homeless and more british children are committing suicide due to mental health cuts. Britain is losing it's patriotism and courage.

[@bargain-queen]

He says one thing his eyes tell a different thing altogether shame on him 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 fleet car my arse 😒

[@sammygadd65]

7 million quid a year provided for these vulnerable kids and no security guards or 24 hour policing them to protect them from abuse? K den

[@crookedfingersgirl7356]

I'll assume he hires people OFF the books, cash. 60K a MONTH???? That's almost 10K/child .... Those poor children are evidently not receiving 8-10K worth of care and support a month. As an at risk youth myself this is why I chose not to enter the care system.... Those poor kids- already so alone at such a young age in need of basic care- to then be re-abused.... This MUST be addressed in order to prevent the psychological damage that can lead one to snap and take out their anger (and poverty/needs) on society!!!

[@anngarnsey3622]

If they are prepared to spend that sort of money why don’t they send them to Eton or other British Public Schools. It would probably be cheaper than what these scam artists are offering.

[@kamgunner5920]

How these animals can justify getting paid vast amounts to provide absolutely nothing is disgusting! To not have any empathy, compassion or heart towards these young souls is the work of Satan. If regulated correctly this can easily be rectified.

[@abigaildawn2996]

It breaks my heart to see two young people who clearly haven’t had someone who genuinely cares about them and wants them to feel loved and wanted

[@hc2155]

A foreigner is not the most appropriate person to be setting care standards for British children in British society.

[@Lucy-iy9ni]

Just because they are British let’s say wouldn’t mean they know what they’re saying. You should know because Reality is , It’s white english voters that have voted for the system in place in the UK, that was not the fault of anyone else,,and nothing you say is going to change it, uk is an example if poor government rule it has always failed when it comes to in risk children.

[@hc2155]

@@Lucy-iy9ni How would someone who wasn't born and brought up in the UK have the knowledge or experience to help those who are? White English voters voted for tighter border controls with Brexit, they have been betrayed by a globalized elite who have opened our borders without any proper votes or debates on immigration.

[@cobbler40]

We have long enquires about child abuse a lots of wringing of hands about previous abuse. But guess what nothing has changed.

[@winifredthompson2470]

The council's should be held accountable. It is there fault. These sums of money paid or the height of lunacy. Greetings from Northern Ireland.

[@Emmyhughes88]

It’s the government who are at fault! 😊

[@StrawberrySunday212]

If they didn't make fostering and adoption so bloody difficult for people, then there would be no need for places like that.

[@jadehay7467]

The reason it’s so difficult now is because of the high number of abuse cases when it wasn’t neither system works

[@carolineflanagan6855]

This is disgusting the poor and vulnerable are treated worst than criminals in this divided and unequal country

[@Someone-cr8cj]

6:59 "commercial sensitive information" is the bill that the councils pay. This should change

[@AnnaLVajda]

So pretty much Oliver Twist still.

[@The-Audi-driver]

70k a month for six kids. Someone needs to look into that. This man’s a piss taker at 70k a month. He says no one is holding at throat level, but it’s this or that, and that isn’t good for the kids. So yeah a piss taker. Our government should hold this man to ransom to. You want to live her, 70k a month. You want to leave, you leave everything behind, no one’s at throat level there

[@blancabulgrin5560]

This man answers with questions by not talk with questions.

[@Sarah-is9vd]

This man look more as organised crime member than manager. Wonder what credentials he have?

[@justg1226]

Americans and British govt should be ashamed. I am ashamed of you! Both treat children terribly

[@judis6224]

Canada done it for centuries Australia new Zealand don't come here or with children parents don't get their child's remains.

[@Sarah-is9vd]

It’s child trafficking

[@Someone-cr8cj]

Make no mistake. You can equally blame the councils and the companies. How do you expect to keep the companies in charge without holding the authorities to a higher standard?

[@chilldude30]

That is true although I wonder if we didn't have any private profit incentive in housing these kids then the council wouldn't get this ripped off. I think having a system where private companies profit from housing these vulnerable kids is really wrong, but also a very flawed system which is likely to cause shit like this.

[@Someone-cr8cj]

@@chilldude30 This is the result of the government blindly choosing the first choice it sees. (Ill add more later)

[@katieroberts7012]

The authorities need standards as well, but also more budget, more staff, and generally a complete overhaul so they don't need to do this. The under 16s placed in the houses weren't there out of the malice in the hearts of social workers. It was because there was no space in normal care.

[@ElizabethHurtado-py8ur]

This is one of the times kids are growing fastest and they need food.

[@karenwilson9528]

How can 20,000 pounds a month be cheaper for councils? And these people are kicked out at 16, 17, 18 and called 'benefit scroungers'. They are where all the money is going, are they?

[@MiszGreene89]

These crooks how dare they do this to them put there asses in JAIL that's abuse !!!

[@vjab1108]

When is the BBC going report on MELLANIE SHAW?

[@crookedfingersgirl7356]

Perhaps not all but most of some of those youngsters I need would have made it OUT of the system and gone on to contribute to society, had that ASTRONOMICAL amount of benefit monies went directly to them (of course with a council member supervisor and advising)....

[@harpsailorharp6716gg]

I worked in children's homes for 6 years for a good company i**n terms that staff were supportive and caring to the young people BUT I WAS DUSGUSTED THAT EACH YOUNG PERSON ONLY GOT £50 EACH SPENT ON THEM FOR XMAS WHEN IN ACTUAL FACT THE HOME GOT 2000 TO 30000 A WEEK TO BE HOUSED THERE BY THE COUNCIL !!! I COMPLAINED TO THE MANAGERS BUT WAS IGNORED . I EVEN BROUGHT MY OWN CLOTHES INCLUDING A COAT INTO WORK FOR A YOUNG PERSON WHO COMPLAINED SHE WAS COLD and had only 26 pounds A MONTH CLOTHING ALLOWANCE!!

[@andrewstones2921]

In the early 1980s I was that age and on my own in Bristol, I lived in a grotty bedsit and for a while in the back of a van. I went to social security and they didn’t want to know as I was under 18, at no point did anyone ever tell me that local councils cared for over kids aged 16 & 17. Once I was 18 I was able to get social security to pay rent, but by then I’d found a job.

[@saturn1returns]

Not Registered? Wtf? Or regulated?

[@Jaimechann]

I implore anybody who is anti abortion to please sit down and have a chat with someone who grew up in care.

[@samanthagrace2168]

Easy money to them.. you could already tell by the car and the way that man is in total denial. "I've got nothing to hide". Yet he takes the woman to another house? Not even the one the teenagers live in. It's disgusting the "care" they say happens. The "support" that gets so overused as a word. These teenagers need practical and emotional support. They don't choose to be in care. ❤

[@simbapompom6765]

Nigerians are the ones that operate these business's and care Agencies I know becouse i worked for one and the way they operate putting carers out into homes and the community beforecthey are DBS checked is shocking. Needless to say i left becouse i did not like how they operated.

[@Noname-oo9gn]

Did you report them? If not you should have and you are part of this problem.

[@simbapompom6765]

@@Noname-oo9gn yes of course i did and i left the company

[@LunakieCherrie]

I live in a semi independent and it’s awful, I miss my family so much. And yes mines is run by a black man too

[@karenwilson9528]

Imagine giving £11000 a month to each of those families to care for their children! And yet it's Benefits that are the problem, hah?

[@edwardlear4952]

These figures are a disgrace, as is the inadequate service being provided to these young people. A child is a child and should be treated with care and compassion but humans have stopped being human and have stooped to being money worshiping bastards.

[@Listenerandlearner870]

Another great report. Please keep reporting.

[@shazdoryt]

'no one is holding them at throat level'??? Local Authorities are squandering Tax Payers money..... most of these kids would generally fair better with their parents. That 70'000 pcm rent could be far better spent. :(

[@hannahwells9930]

Squandering tax payers money ? They would fair better with parents ? Some have no parents ! Some are abused by parents ! This is not something children do for fun. No it is not an ideal situation. Private companies shouldn't profiteer from this. No under 16s shouldn't be in these situations. These are children in this situation because they cannot live with family. So what you want them thrown out on the streets to save taxpayers money ? Shame on you. Forced to live with abusers ? Shame on you.

[@Truth2power5848]

Hannah wells we they should be rehomed with relatives not bunched together in a home with no love for there own sakes talkless the money wasted on these unfit for purpose services

[@MiszGreene89]

These crooks buy things and say they use it for the business to avoid tax SMFH!!!

[@kamgunner5920]

Reasons for strict regulations that actually safeguard these vulnerable children! The regulations need to be for safeguarding and not to make it difficult for business owners to provide the correct service for placements.

[@sammygadd65]

If everyone was a decent fuckin person and everyone looked out for each other like those two young women takin care of the younger housemates, the government wouldn’t need to donate so much money and it wouldn’t attract greedy, selfish abusers.

[@shadavies8066]

Heart breaking all these children needed was stability...guidence understanding and a safe place to live this wasn't it.... how the council's didn't seek the statement of purpose stating the ages of children that would be housed with this money grabbing scumbag is beyond me ....regs 8 clearly doesn't attend these properties neither did the children's parental guardian their social workers to have allowed hunger to occur...staff appear shocking in listening to this, where were their duty of care for these vulnerable children.. let down for money.... support? They supported each other....heartbreaking

[@Beatrice7822]

Investigate GREENACRES in Calne Wiltshire from the 50s!!!!!!!!

[@MaisieRankin]

This man is doing it for money I can see threw him

[@joanberry2143]

So heartbreaking,

[@Kalus_Saxon]

They only pay it because he has some on in the council oking the extortionate payments

[@ghostfishyyt6997]

look at mash in colliers wood merton surrey I was there when I was 14 we got kicked out at 7.30 in the morning and not allowed back until 5.00 wholes in the walls no food sharing rooms with other children and older 18 year olds unsupported even with staff

[@iszychurch4711]

This is exactly what happened to me

[@jonathanjordon4769]

This is just another example of poor government rules. How could someone charge that much for rent and have that attitude. We as the tax payer are just being abused along with countless kids.

[@mrlad4685]

Thanks to Austerity!

[@Great_WesternTVFan]

Many places have this. Not only there but also in Tower Hamlets

[@tammy-leemcdonald9510]

I was in a children's home in Birmingham Northfield it was horrible I was visited by a 17 year old friend.. In the laundry room and I was raped there twice I couldn't say nothing as I was new and scared of the other older kids I shared a room with crystal who tort me to steel but I didn't have the guts I ran away a lot from there

[@arikrampus6825]

Been in a shit hole like these.... as I left home early and suffered a mental health breakdown. They do house under 16s alot time... U have to care for eachother the main problem was some bad apples caused shit for others... Stealing your money then u can't eat .....other shit .... Staff are never there. It's vile...

[@AHLDN]

5:35 being in different care homes it's easy to see the false projected image of "goodnees" don't let the suits fool you. True coluors come out eventually. All care home managers are evil and strongley decitful"

[@RG-kl8wv]

Echos scars 😓😥😥😓

[@mgore90]

Jesus, imagine being one of those £2000 a month kids stuck in a house with the £20,000 a kids -- sounds like a horror movie -- poor things haven't got a chance.

[@azagtheenchanter5077]

I lived at Burbank wych hill woking 1975-77' wild times as I was invited to attend a seance! And got rushed to the hospital twice as I almost bleed to death.

[@EmCrazy]

Yehh social is a piece of sh*t. I'm 16 and in supported accomodation. Thankfully my social worker does in fact care but man the stories I've heard from other kids who have lived in the same supported accomodation and different accommodation is absolutely horrible. I've only been away from home for around 5 months and it's been horrible and I've got pretty much the best you can get

[@Victoria-dk3nv]

The system is broken

[@M2KKA]

Obviously we should be pissed at the man who runs this sketchy hostel however the responsibility of funding accommodation comes under the government and council.

[@kennethperry5500]

Foriegners again taking advantage of our lack of interest

[@shazdoryt]

Too true. Our country is oppressed, and apathy everywhere. Moral among the masses is low and most people simply don't think they can do a thing about this...even if they wanted to. The state is robbing the tax payer and greedy wealthy people are making wealth from vulnerable causes.

[@anonymousanonymous870]

May ya getting your Karma, Remember what goes around comes around

[@Lucy-iy9ni]

Reality is , It’s white english voters that have voted for the system in place in the UK, you did this, that’s not the fault of anyone else, and nothing you say us going to change that.

[@Scampbell-smith]

I'm glad I got looked after .After care should be there properly .It's all to do with money

[@RBeata-gq8ie]

Those man is a manager of the care home?

[@kerrypeters4724]

The amount 18 grand month he does no support pay train foster parents its cheaper and they can give these vulnerable children home life

[@patriciasouthward8582]

No profit should be being made from children and the vunrable,let alone enormous profits as useuall at the expense of the tax payer.SHAME on political leaders allowing that discusting practice.Why cant they open homes run by councils with council employees, it would cost considerably less.

[@ALI_FA17]

Let's support Rashfords campaign, Vote Labour

[@tamsynhursthouse8020]

This guy is chatting total shit

[@BengeeMusic]

Guess what guys NOTHING has changed

[@sinnyozzy]

It's mostly foreigners in on this scam.

[@lorrainepowell6645]

Should be ofstead run inspection

[@BodzioMwr-pc3ey]

Those Ms gabbulu should be accountable for his actions.

[@shaneoldham6593]

a huge money making empire he laughs all the way to bank everyday while care kids go hungry

[@waji78611]

This man is so slimey .. BMW for picking up these vulnerable children .. as if!!!!!!