How can a child in care cost £281,000 a year? Ask the wealth funds that have councils over a barrel | George Monbiot

Children crying out for stability are paying the highest price for Britain’s chaotic and exploitative residential careI’m a patron of a small local charity that helps struggling children to rebuild trust and connection. It’s called Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship, and it works by bringing them together with rescued horses. The horses, like many of the children, arrive traumatised, anxious and frightened. They help each other to heal. Children who have lost their trust in humans