The Fostering Network says that nine out of 10 Welsh councils don't pay enough allowances.

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We don't understand why Welsh Secretary David Jones isn't getting on with it.

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Welsh Government officials don't hold back about these failings - and part of the reason for publishing the figures today based on such (self-confessedly) shoddy data, one suspects, is to give the LHBs an almighty shove to get their house in order.

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