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Kids Company trustees hit back after damning report

Former trustees of Kids Company have condemned a report by a committee of MPs into the charity's demise as "inaccurate, unbalanced and irresponsible".

The report alleged an "extraordinary catalogue of failures" which led the collapse of the charity days after it was handed £3 million in government money in a last-ditch bid to keep it open.

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Kids Company concerns raised in report '10 years ago'

The charity Kids Company had become too politicised and trustees were "in thrall" of its controversial founder Camila Batmanghelidjh, according to a report by a committee of MPs into the organisation's collapse last year.

ITV News has obtained an internal report that warned about the charity's problems ten years ago.

Video report by ITV News' Social Affairs Editor Penny Marshall

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