BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 05:16:00
A call from social services, asking her to take in her half brother and half sister. their mother had died. it was really hard. i went from working 60—hour weeks ito working none and doing school. runs and doing hair in the morning. laura says it's not just an allowance that kinship carers need. they also need better access to emotional support. they needed bereavement counselling, but there's no bereavement _ counsellors for children in prettyj much the whole of west sussex. only private. — i couldn't afford to do that. 0k. - let's go. laura also has her own five—year—old daughter. wh...