COUNCILS spend more than £125 million a year placing vulnerable children in illegal care homes in England, an investigation has revealed.A shortage of beds has led to almost every local authority in the country using care facilities that are not registered with Ofsted, the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found.It is a criminal offence to operate a children’s home that is not registered with the regulator.

COUNCILS spend more than £125 million a year placing vulnerable children in illegal care homes in England, an investigation has revealed.

A shortage of beds has led to almost every local authority in the country using care facilities that are not registered with Ofsted, the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found.

It is a criminal offence to operate a children’s home that is not registered with the regulator.

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