Michael Gove blasts Ukip foster row council
telegraph.co.uk
Michael Gove has condemned a council which removed three children from their foster parents because of their membership of the UK Independence Party.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council has announced it will now carry out an urgent review of the case, after the husband and wife, who have been fostering for nearly seven years, said they were made to feel like criminals when a social worker told them their views on immigration made them unsuitable carers for the three ethnic minority children.
The decision provoked widespread criticism, with campaigners representing foster parents describing the decision as “ridiculous” and warning that it could deter other prospective foster parents from volunteering.
Mr Gove, who heads the Government department responsible for children’s services and who was himself adopted as a child, described Rotherham’s decision as “indefensible”.
He said social workers had made “the wrong decision in the wrong way for the wrong reasons” and that he would be personally investigating and exploring steps to “deal with” the situation.
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