“1 child every 20 minutes”

“A local council has been ordered to pay damages after taking a week-old baby into care because the father expressed “unorthodox” views about the need to sterilise feeding bottles. A family court judge awarded the couple and their son, who is now 15 months old, a total of £11,250 after ruling that Kirklees Council had breached their human rights and misled a judge in a bid to remove the child from their care.”

“Foster care has become a lucrative business. Whether it should be a business at all is another question.”

Report of a child care case – Lord Justice James Munby

Report here on injustices in the UK child protection system.  Includes links to other reports.

“Most people would be startled to learn how much of the child protection sector is now dominated by a handful of companies, most of them run by ex-social workers. These companies are paid huge sums by local authorities to make their fostering arrangements.”

Some statistics-Lord Justice James Munby

An article with some recent statistics on UK CPS and some history on their child laws.

Grandmother jailed for opposing local authority in child care case.

Story of a mother whose ordeal with UK Social Services began when she asked for help during a difficult pregnancy.