BBC: Foster carers face 'incredibly complex task', MPs told

The status of fostering must be raised to give foster carers the recognition they deserve, MPs have heard.

The increasingly complex needs of children in care mean fosterers face a tough task, carers and groups told the Commons education select committee.

Foster care families often felt unsupported and under-rated in the service they offered to some of society's most vulnerable children.

The committee was taking evidence at its first hearing on fostering.

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