Councils are paying more than £125m a year of taxpayers’ money(纳税人的钱) to place vulnerable(弱势的，易受伤害的) children in illegal(非法的) care homes across England, an investigation has found.
一项调查发现，英格兰各地的地方议会每年动用超过1.25亿英镑纳税人的钱，将弱势儿童安置在非法护理机构中。
The Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism(调查新闻局，英国非营利调查新闻机构) (TBIJ) have uncover(揭露，发现)ed a booming(蓬勃发展的) industry of businesses profiting from a shortage of beds for the most at-risk(处于风险中的) children in Ofsted(英国教育标准局，负责学校与儿童社会照护的监管)-inspected homes.
《卫报》和调查新闻局（TBIJ）揭露了一个蓬勃发展的产业：由于 Ofsted 检查的儿童之家床位短缺，一些企业正从最需保护的儿童身上牟利。
Local authority payment records show that more than 480 private companies have been paid £250m for 1,800 unlawful(非法的，违法的) placement(安置，安置点)s of children over the past two years.
地方政府付款记录显示，过去两年间，480多家私营公司因1800次非法儿童安置获得了2.5亿英镑。
The market leader
市场领导者
A new crackdown
新一轮打击
The holiday loophole
假期漏洞