Private equity companies and sovereign wealth funds(主权财富基金) now own or partly own 11 of the 20 largest providers of fostering and children’s homes in England, as calls to ban “obscene(可耻的，令人憎恶的)” profit-making in children’s care grow.
随着要求禁止在儿童保育领域进行“可耻”牟利的呼声日益高涨，私募股权公司和主权财富基金现在拥有或部分拥有英格兰20家最大的寄养和儿童之家服务商中的11家。
An investigation by the thinktank(智库，思想库) Common Wealth found the “big four(四大（公司）)” independent fostering agencies – which provide almost a quarter of fostering placements(安置（儿童）) in England – have siphoned(抽取，转移（资金）) more than £200m from taxpayers to shareholders in interest payments since 2020.
智库Common Wealth的一项调查发现，四大独立寄养机构——它们提供了英格兰近四分之一的寄养安置——自2020年以来，已通过利息支付将超过2亿英镑从纳税人手中转移至股东手中。
Andrea Egan, the general secretary(总书记，秘书长) of Unison, said the findings must be a “wake-up call(警钟，警示)” for systemic(系统性的，全面的) change in children’s social care.
Unison总书记安德烈娅·伊根表示，这些发现必须成为儿童社会关怀领域系统性变革的“警钟”。