Special Investigation: Inside Britain’s illegal care home crisis

April 1, 2026·28 min·2 clips

The investigation reveals a young girl was drugged and raped, a case enabled by a broken care system constituting a national catastrophe.

Crime journalist Andy Hughes investigates the UK's illegal care home crisis, revealing a system where unregistered homes staffed by convicted criminals are abusing vulnerable children. The episode focuses on the shocking case of a 15-year-old girl who was drugged and raped in one such home, exposing a national scandal enabled by resource-starved local councils.

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