Tom Wall

Journalist. News and investigations for @Guardian @ObserverUK @BBCRadio4 @TBIJ

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[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

I’ve been trawling council payment records to finally lift the lid on England’s growing illegal care market, where companies receive millions to house kids in unregulated facilities. My investigation for @TBIJ & @guardian 1/5 https://t.co/8UxuLOslXo

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

@GdnSaturday There needs to be a proper democratic debate about using limited energy supplies to deliver publicly owned AI that serves public goals such as medical research - not generating slop that enriches tech bros 4/4

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

My long read for @GdnSaturday on the growing grassroots revolt against hyperscale data centres in the UK - here are some of the things I learned 1/4 https://t.co/3WHAwFumlZ

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

@GdnSaturday No one in authority has convincing answers about how to meet the enormous power demands of an unrestrained datacentre buildout & avoid driving more climate chaos 3/4

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

I spoke to @DoubleDownNews about my investigation into the unregulated shadow care market, which should not exist.

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

EXPOSED: British Councils Are Paying PREDATORS to "Care" for Children @_tomwall

https://t.co/OAatl9Nuiw

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

EXPOSED: British Councils Are Paying PREDATORS to "Care" for Children @_tomwall

https://t.co/OAatl9Nuiw

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

@PulaRJS The investigation into Merseyside-based illegal operator I mention at the end was published in August https://t.co/OcVDwjv6ey

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

Others are firms offering 28-day crisis breaks in unregulated accommodation with no Ofsted checks on staff or owners 5/5

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

I’ve been trawling council payment records to finally lift the lid on England’s growing illegal care market, where companies receive millions to house kids in unregulated facilities. My investigation for @TBIJ & @guardian 1/5 https://t.co/8UxuLOslXo

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

Some of the largest operators are major agencies that staff illegal homes 4/5

[Gary Younge @garyyounge]

"When people talk about the need for Black Excellence I counter with an insistence on Black mediocrity: the right for black people to be as average, flawed, compromised & mistaken as any other group of people. The right, ultimately, to be human." R.I.P. Jason Arday

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

The firm, which is used by at least 7 councils, has built up an empire of illegal care homes across the North West. The homes are managed by an ex-army officer accused of rapes, which he denies 2/2 https://t.co/OcVDwjv6ey

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

My latest investigation into the booming shadow care market, where councils send 100s of kids, reveals an absolutely shocking catalogue of potential safeguarding failures in one of the UK's largest illegal operators 1/2 https://t.co/UZk03r1KqM

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

The firm, which is used by at least 7 councils, has built up an empire of illegal care homes across the North West. The homes are managed by an ex-army officer accused of rapes, which he denies 2/2 https://t.co/OcVDwjv6ey

[Gabriel Pogrund @Gabriel_Pogrund]

EXCLUSIVE

Nigel Farage failed to declare that a criminal and crypto gambler paid for his staff, security, drivers, social media output in year before election

Reform leader has also received free accommodation in Westminster from George Cottrell as MP
https://t.co/fSKszEDnV1

[Heidi Blake @HeidilBlake]

For the past 9 months, I've been investigating Andrew Tate's empire of sexual exploitation — drawing on thousands of private messages and sealed court files, as well as interviews with the Tates, their associates & more than a dozen alleged victims. Here's what I found: https://t.co/q1L65EVG1O

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

Important reporting by @NoelTitheradge on the appalling plight of children in illegal homes & the underlying factors driving, what should be seen as a national crisis

[Noel Titheradge @NoelTitheradge]

I've found Illegal children's homes are now being paid £2m a year by councils

Whistleblowers tell me they've found children barricaded inside bedrooms and sofas propped up by bricks

Here's why they're being used:

https://t.co/PksOmUvM9z

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

The report published @AngliaRuskin university is available here: https://t.co/hBJdqUcLFf

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

This must be one of the worst unreported scandals of our times: councils are sending 100s of kids to unregulated care homes where they are being targeted by gangs. My write up of new research 👇 https://t.co/x973uuRbC6