Liverpool Council is to open a new children’s home in the city and hopes to expand its provision by the end of the year.
Cllr Frazer Lake, cabinet member for social care and health, said as the number of children going into residential care increase during the Covid-19 pandemic, the local authority wants to provide a localised offer for young people needing care.
The Fazakerley ward member said the budget must come into account as the council looks to expand its care provision - an overspend of almost £15m in the children and young people's directorate is expected to be recorded for 2021/22.
