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Cash-strapped council pins hopes on 'family-style' children's home
Somerset Council is opening its own children's homes to avoid relying on private providers.
BBC News
Somerset Council, known until 2023 as Somerset County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England. Since 2023 it has been a unitary authority, being a county council which also performs the functions of a district council. The non-metropolitan county of Somerset is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset.
Somerset Council is opening its own children's homes to avoid relying on private providers.