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Originally posted by Dezzy
I don't think it's your place to judge Sticks. I also think your story about Social services reeks of conspiracy theorizing. If this practice were real don't you think the newspapers would have sussed it out given how much scrutiny the government's under at the moment?
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Actually a number of these cases have been covered in the press. That was how I got involved due to press reports of how a baby was removed unlawfully by social services and the court ordered the SS to return him. (A few days later he was removed by a district court that was nothing more than a rubber stamp)
The main problem was that central government was trying to address a real problem of older children trapped in the carer system, so came up with a system where financial inducements were given for each child adopted out.
A very laudable and noble idea
The trouble was that the idea was perverted by local government and social workers used every minor excuse to start removing babies from mothers. The most common one, was that if they had ever had an eating disorder well in the past or had once been treated for depression then they were fair game.
Social Services were removing babies at birth, so they could adopt them out, achieve targets and get government cash.
Press coverage in the Telegraph
Coverage by the BBC
There was a thread in Serious Debates, Are Social services out of control