Council's £2m care package for single child 'should be investigated'

Calls for inquiry into 'eye-watering' £2m a year bill for care of a single child

Calls L have been made for an inquiry into the “eye-watering” £2m a year fee a North Wales council is paying for the care of a single child.

Council's £2m care package for single child 'should be investigated'

'I think the public needs to understand what’s going on with this'

Inquiry call over council’s £2m care package for one child

Mario Kreft. Chair of Care Forum Wales Richard Evans, local democracy reporter Calls have been made for an inquiry into the “eye-watering” £2m a year fee a north Wales council is paying for the care of a single child. At a meeting last month, Denbighshire Council’s chief executive Graham Boase revealed the authority is paying £35K a week in care bills for just one child – and the figure was later revised to £37.5K a week. Consequently, the huge …