The Guardian view on the care system: support for teens must go beyond reunions with old friends | Editorial
📰 The Guardian · 📅 Jun 9, 2026, 05:25 PM · 🌐 theguardian.com
A new scheme to support care leavers’ relationships is welcome. But loneliness is one problem among manyIt might sound obvious that – as Benjamin Zephaniah wrote – “People will always need people / To make life appealing / And give life some meaning.” But the care system has not always behaved as th