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Low adoption figures 'a tragedy'

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The number of babies adopted last year in England fell to 60, less than half the number in 2007.

Anne Marie Carrie, chief executive of Barnado's, explains why, even though there are more than 3,500 children under one in the care system, this is happening.


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