The Guardian view on the care experience: looked-after children and care leavers must be heard | Editorial

Editorial - TheGuardian - 17/02
Editorial: The increased visibility of people whose lives have been shaped by social services is a change for the better

Select committee hearings typically involve experts answering questions from MPs. Last week there was a strikingly different session, as four care-experienced young people offered their perspectives to the education committee. The point was to increase MPs’ insight by confronting them with children for whom social care is a hugely important fact of life.

Some of the material shared was personal. But these witnesses also ha...
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