Jane Collins

Please listen with care as this podcast contains themes which may be distressing to some listeners.

This week's Public Inquiry Podcast will be live at 6pm tonight.

The Christmas that no one talks about.

This week we're looking at the emotional abusive practice of ripping children from loving foster homes and how this is particularly repulsive at Christmas.

Rotherham to overhaul foster care after death of Marcia Grant - BBC News Marcia Grant died after a 12-year-old boy she was looking after reversed a car into her.

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prevention of future deaths report but they cannot become reality unless the underlying causes of the foster carer retention crisis are acknowledged and addressed instead of being swept under the carpet via press announcements of spending millions of pounds of public funds on niche schemes.

It's not systems failing to share information. It's people. People who are under enormous pressure to place children in a broken system where meeting sufficiency duties requires cutting corners and being economical with the truth.

These system changes may appease the coroner's requirements in the

Rotherham Council announcement on changes after the death of foster carer Marcia Grant.

I will be interested to see how this translates into reality when the family finding team are under pressure.

Eek. Santa is encountering some turbulence. I hope that this won't cancel Christmas....

We are currently awaiting an update from the Ombudsman in this case.

We have had some excellent Ombudsman outcomes this week in favour of our members and we currently have a legal case in preparation to challenge the disgracefully flawed LADO process.

Tomorrow we will be sharing our member's own words giving further details about the devastating financial and emotional harm she has suffered as a result of the serious malpractice we detailed in our podcast.

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Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to listen to this week's Public Inquiry Podcast and sent messages of support to our members following their horrific mistreatment.

It's too long to share on here but you can listen to it here 👇

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"Local authority spending on looked-after children rose from £3.9bn in 2015/16 to £8.1bn in 2023/24, taking the average annual cost for each looked-after child to £97,200."

"Fees for places in unregistered homes could be as high as £30,000 a week per child."

Look at the figures quoted here. A £4.2bn increase in local authority spending on looked-after children.

Children's home providers putting profit ahead of need, warns Ofsted The watchdog has warned of a "strong profit motive" as more homes spring up in areas where housing is cheapest.

Another reason why we're pushing hard for a Public Inquiry into the mistreatment of foster carers.

This scandal is costing the UK economy literally billions of pounds.

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Santa with a reindeer zebra and KC

Oh I've been waiting for this annual event to share my new found skills

Ah like disabled people then....

Can someone explain to me why I should be angry about seeing my fellow human beings looking happy and not terrified? Explain it to me like I'm 2.

Competition watchdog investigating eight firms over online pricing The Competition and Markets Authority is taking the action following a review of online pricing and sales practices.

StubHub, Viagogo, AA Driving School, BSM Driving School, Gold's Gym, Wayfair, Appliances Direct and Marks Electrical investigated for online pricing.

Practices such as mandatory additional charges, time limited sales and automatic opt-ins rip people off.

Why can't companies be ethical?

Motherland star warns of 'devastating SATs effects' on children with special needs - The Mirror Star of BBC sitcom Motherland Anna Maxwell has signed an open letter to the Government saying SATs leave children with special educational needs and disabilities convinced they are 'not clever enough'

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They refuse to admit that they got it wrong.

So today we are instructing solicitors to take legal action to uphold ECHR and to force change.

Unfair life changing decisions are made behind closed doors and public servants cling to those life destroying decisions no matter what proven verified evidence you put to them.

They simply do not care.

Many Local Authority Designated Officer investigations against foster carers openly breach Human Rights.

There is no right to appeal.

💥 New legal action news 💥

It's time to take local authorities to task.

Foster carers cannot sit back and allow public servants to knowingly destroy their lives.

Elliott and Jordan met the hamster himself yesterday. We were chatting with Mike Brewer (Wheeler Dealers), who we've met before. Elliott said that he really wanted to meet Richard Hammond. Mike saud wait here. 2 minutes later and they had their own personal audience. 🥰

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Following the Government’s response to the Education Select Committee’s report on children’s social care in England, it’s clear that the voices of those with lived experience are still not being fully heard.

Read our blog featuring reactions from young people: https://loom.ly/dNn0s0k

Non of them can drive so who's driving the 3 wheeler?

How did this level of ignorance and hatred become normalised?

What type of society have we become?

So Lee, answer me this.

1. How will I fit the 4 disabled people who live with me (son, older brother and 2 foster children) in a 3 wheeler? 2 on the roof 2 towed behind.

The upfront payment (in addition to monthly PIP contributions) was £10000. When we replace it the current upfront payment is £16000. If Lee and his fellow disabled hating ghouls have their way it will be at least £30000.

Here's our "larger vehicle" a wheel chair adapted long wheel base ford torneo wotb 2 wheelchair spaces.

My son, foster son and older brother with our carer. My foster daughter who is also a wheelchair user isn't in this photo.

He is openly attacking disabled people and their carers.

But here's the thing.

He's wrong.

PIP is hard to get.

Motability cars are not freebies. They are leased. PIP is used to pay the lease with large upfront payments for larger vehicles.