Ministers to crackdown on profiteering in care sector and make renewed fostering push

<p>Josh MacAlister issues warning as government launches £88m ‘call to arms’ to recruit 10,000 new foster carers</p><p>Private providers of child social care in England will be pushed out of the system if they are found to be profiteering, the children’s minister has said.</p><p>Josh MacAlister, who is in charge of overhauling the care system for children, also called for a fostering equivalent of the Homes for Ukraine scheme to provide homes for tens of thousands of children.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/private-child-social-care-providers-in-england-pushed-out-for-profiteering">Continue reading...</a>