Research by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has found that 133,000 young people referred to specialist mental health services in England were rejected in 2018-19, despite increased government investment and that referral rates vary considerably across the country
Children’s homes in England have been put in the spotlight in a series of critical reports.
And the children’s commissioner for England has published a plan of action for reforming children’s homes amid “overwhelming evidence that the system is not meeting the standards we should expect”.
It seems likely that Inflammatory and negative language to describe asylum seekers used by the Home Office has contributed to the hostile environment that leads to attacks on migrant centres such as the recent incident in Knowsley.