Survey finds care charities forced to 'evict' residents to avoid insolvency

Charities providing specialist care to thousands of vulnerable adults with learning disabilities and severe autism are having to "evict" residents to avoid insolvency because of tax and wage rises and local authority funding cuts.

- Patrick Butler

Non-profit providers say their work is in a "state of acute precarity", with many preparing to cut services, close doors to new residents and effectively evict tenants because the fees councils pay no longer meet the cost of care.