‘Treating children like cattle’: what happens when private equity takes over a UK care home?

Experts raise alarm as firms aiming to maximise assets and sell for profit become more involved in vital public services ‘Financial pandemic’: £1 in every £11 spent on UK public contractors goes to private equity Nurseries, vets and shops: the sectors where private equity plays a big role Private equity companies have slowly and invisibly increased their involvement in public services – from elderly care homes to fostering placements for vulnerable children – with some unintended consequen...

By Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent