3 YEARS ON: KIDS STILL PUT IN B&bs; Homeless children let down by Executive.(News)

From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: March 29, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: By Magnus Gardham

HOMELESS children are still being put up in B&Bs - three years after ministers pledged to end the scandal.

Last year, the number of kids placed in B&Bs by councils peaked at 262, even though former communities minister Margaret Curran had vowed to end the practice ...

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