Children in care die at twice the rate of others. Why are so few of their deaths reviewed?
A disproportionate number of children and young people growing up in care are dying prematurely, prompting calls for preventative action.
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The latest episode of The FFS Show is all about MPs.
Do they only care about their own expenses and pay? That’s what one widely-shared meme suggests, but the pictures it uses to show MPs at different debates are rather misleading.
Also, Sam celebrates this momentous 20th podcast by humiliating Ali in a quiz.
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