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‘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

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 consequences.

Take Compass Community, a private equity-backed firm which provides children’s homes, fostering services and schooling for children with special educational needs (Send).

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Jun 29, 2026 Public services policy Private equity Business

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