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Kids Company boss warns children 'abandoned' by closure Kids Company boss warns children 'abandoned' by closure
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The founder of Kids Company has said it will have to "abandon a lot of children" as she confirmed its closure.The founder of Kids Company has said it will have to "abandon a lot of children" as she confirmed its closure.
Camila Batmanghelidjh told BBC Radio 4's The Report "rumour-mongering civil servants", ministers and the media had "put the nail" in the charity, which she said would close at 19:00 BST.Camila Batmanghelidjh told BBC Radio 4's The Report "rumour-mongering civil servants", ministers and the media had "put the nail" in the charity, which she said would close at 19:00 BST.
The charity was given a £3m government grant a week ago, despite concerns from the Cabinet Office's lead official.The charity was given a £3m government grant a week ago, despite concerns from the Cabinet Office's lead official.
Ministers are facing questions over the public funding it received.Ministers are facing questions over the public funding it received.
One source told BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith David Cameron was "mesmerised" by Ms Batmanghelidjh, while ex-minister Tim Loughton said his concerns about the charity had been over-ruled by Downing Street. BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said warnings had been sounded as far back as the Labour government.
Kids Company, which faces accusations of financial mismanagement, supports deprived young people and their families in London, Bristol and Liverpool. "All those reasons, it seems, were put to one side - and the reason, bluntly, is because it appears Kids Company was a charity which enjoyed the protection of Downing Street, under Gordon Brown and David Cameron."
One source said Mr Cameron was "mesmerised" by Ms Batmanghelidjh and over-ruled concerns raised during funding talks, he added.
Meanwhile, former children's minister Tim Loughton told the BBC he too had raised concerns about the charity when he was in office.
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Kids Company, which supports deprived young people and their families in London, Bristol and Liverpool, is facing accusations of financial mismanagement.
Measures are being put in place to protect people using its services.Measures are being put in place to protect people using its services.
Ms Batmanghelidjh said she had "vigorously" pursued the government for funding, because "we'd run out of every company and every charitable trust that we could potentially get money from".
The fact that major banks had backed the charity showed it was not "badly run", she said, adding: "As far as I know I acted responsibly - I asked for help early enough and I feel that government failed to honour its responsibility to these most vulnerable children."
The charity's closure comes after the £3m Cabinet Office grant was made on the condition that Ms Batmanghelidjh, its high-profile chief executive, agreed to step down as part of a reorganisation, as revealed by a joint investigation from BBC Newsnight and BuzzFeed News last month.
It was finally paid when Ms Batmanghelidjh agreed to step down to take up a new advocacy and clinical role.
Newsnight policy editor Chris Cook understands attempts are being made to recover the money because the Cabinet Office believes that the conditions attached to its use were not met.
It has also been revealed the Cabinet Office's lead official raised concerns that the grant, intended for a "transformation and downsizing plan", would be poor value for money, but was told by ministers to press ahead.