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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Lowenna Waters

What is kinship care? Families who care for relatives’ children in crisis

Kinship carers are having to give up the children in their care due to the cost of living crisis

(Picture: PA Wire)

People who have been taking in relatives’ children as a way to keep them out of care now fear having to give them up, as the cost of living crisis soars, says the charity Kinship.

In England and Wales, most kinship carers get less financial support than foster carers, and some have warned they are now struggling, says the charity.

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