Care leaver's life 'on hold' after council failed to secure him a passport

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direct to your inboxA teenage care leaver was unable to get a job and had his life ‘put on hold’ after Manchester council failed to secure a passport for him.The council’s errors feature in a damning Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman report detailing how children had been ‘let down’ by those charged with looking after them.Manchester council has since paid the 18-year-old, known as Marcus, £1,600 for ‘avoidable distress’ after he missed out on three job opportunities and feared for his residency status in the UK.But the issue remains unresolved seven years later, according to the watchdog.Marcus was born abroad and entered the council’s care in 2013 when he was in his early teens, though issues soon arose when the council tried to.