Kids Company warning 'insulting'

The charity Kids Company warned civil servants this summer that its sudden closure could lead to a high risk of looting and rioting.

The warning letter was sent in the name of the Kids Company chair of trustees Alan Yentob - who is also the BBC's creative director - before Kids Company received a controversial £3 million grant from the Cabinet Office in July.

Peter John, the leader of Southwark council, described the warning as “extraordinary, hyperbolic and insulting to people of Southwark”.

“It’s really important Kid’s Company hand over all the files of children who need help,” Mr John told Today.