UK care home firm under fire as children forced to move hundreds of miles

Private provider criticised for uprooting more than 60 vulnerable children, with some transferred from south-east England to Scotland

The trade body that oversees children's care homes has taken the unprecedented step of publicly berating a major private provider for jeopardising the wellbeing of young people in its care" after it announced a string of home closures.

The Observer revealed last month that England's fourth largest provider of residential places for looked-after children, Outcomes First Group was shutting 28 care homes due to market challenges".