政府研究所：2026年修复儿童社会护理市场：地方绩效追踪器报告（英文版）

The children’s social care market in England is broken. When a child needs to go into care, councils often face a limited set of options, with choices shaped too much by the provision that is available than by the child’s needs. Sometimes, the options are so limited that local authorities must pick the “slightly less unacceptable” of two unacceptable alternatives.