Over 100 local authorities in England illegally placed homeless
children in bed and breakfast hotels last year, BBC Newsnight has discovered.
Statutory government guidance makes clear that 16 and 17 year olds should not
be housed overnight in a B&B "even on an emergency accommodation
basis".
But 119 of 208 councils that replied to Newsnight Freedom of
Information requests said they had done so in 2012. Councils say there is often little
alternative, especially in a crisis. Read more on the BBC website.
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