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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Butler Social policy editor

Watchdog takes over running of home for adults with learning disabilities

Exterior of William Blake House.
William Blake House is one of only a handful of specialist residential homes in England for adults with profound and complex learning disabilities. Photograph: Google

The charity watchdog has taken control of a learning disability care home in Northamptonshire that is under investigation after residents’ families raised concerns over its management, including payments of £1m to a trustee.

The Charity Commission has appointed an interim manager to run William Blake House, which faces potential insolvency in three weeks’ time if it cannot head off a winding-up order brought by the tax authorities over £1.6m in unpaid tax bills.

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