ITV News has learnt that the number of children being sent into care homes in England has risen by as much as 50 percent during the pandemic.

The rise is partly due to a shortage of foster parents, but also the strain of lockdown, which has left children at greater risk of abuse.

Our Political Correspondent Paul Brand heard from one carer about the demands on her, and the growing pressure on the system

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