Letter: Children's refuge must not close

Monday 24 March 1997 00:02 GMT

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Letter: Children's refuge must not close

Sir: It is difficult to imagine a more urgent need than an emergency refuge for abused children. The threatened closure ("Children's refuge may close", 21 March) of the London "safe home" - one of only four in the country - will leave hundreds of desperate children with nowhere to go.

The buck passing between the Department of Health and local authorities is an ignominious spectacle. They should get together and agree on joint temporary funding until the next government is elected. Then a long-term solution can be worked out.

LORD ASHLEY OF STOKE

House of Lords

London SW1

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