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179: Safe as Houses: depriving children of their liberty

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Children Deprived of Liberty and Analysis of Applications to the National Deprivation of Liberty Court

The number of young people with the problems we're talking about has increased enormously. Do you think it's too simplistic to say that this is a symptom of chronic underfunding of local authorities? Inevitably, it is. Local authority budgets have been paired to the bone. We know from the judgment in REX that governments who said they are investing more in the scheme on just looking for the figure.

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