£71m 'safe home' for vulnerable city kids - in Birmingham

Council leaders back new 'safe centre' to be used by fourteen local authorities

- Phil Corrigan Local Democracy Reporter

VULNERABLE city children will soon be placed in a new £71 million 'safe centre' in Birmingham.

Leaders at Stoke-on-Trent City Council have agreed to participate in a 20-bed children's home for West Midlands youngster who require secure placements.

The project, funded by the Department for Education, will see the home managed on behalf of 14 local authorities.

A report setting out the details was considered by cabinet members during a closed session, owing to it including 'commercially sensitive information.'