The Guardian on Saturday led with a story about a DfE report about the potential privatization of child protection services to companies such as Serco and G4S.
Quoted extensively was Professor Eileen Munro, who said, in a report for Michael Gove in 2011, that private providers are a 'bad idea', adding that the protection of young people from maltreatment should not be delegated to profit-making organisations.
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