Wales: Law banning profit from children's care given Royal Assent

New law to ‘eliminate’ profit from looked-after children’s care gets Royal Assent

It means no new for-profit providers of children’s care homes, fostering and secure accommodation services would be able to register in Wales from April 2026.

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