The plight of pensioner Ivy Beck begs the question whether it is time the books of private residential homes are opened to the Audit Commission so a previously agreed profit margin can be confirmed.
This would parallel the agreed wages paid to those working in local authority homes.
-R. Jenkins, Hove
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