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Lemn Sissay on foster care

Today looks at children in care with the help of poet Lemn Sissay

More than 50,000 children are in foster care in the UK. The Today Programme explores issues and stories form the care system inspired by the personal experiences of poet Lemn Sissay.

We hear from the Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield on the proportion of private companies in the care sector, and National Poet for Scotland Jackie Kay on being given a new name by foster parents.

(Image: Lemn Sissay, credit: Getty Images)

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