Austerity has been anthemic to the privatisation of the foster care system in the United Kingdom. Children's social care should solely prioritise the wellbeing and future of vulnerable children, not profit. About 80 percent of children’s homes are reported to be privately-owned and mostly run for profit. Foster care is following this trend, with private agencies now providing homes for one in every three children living with a foster family. Previously, the outgoing Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield asserted that the heavy dependency on private companies to provide child care created a system which was becoming increasingly fragmented, irrational and uncoordinated. The outsourcing and privatisation of foster and residential child care has meant that local authorities, councils and the government have lost control over many aspects of the care system including quality, cost and location of places children are meant to feel a sense of security and to some degree feel like a plac...