How can the good people of England get social services shut down?

you are referring to one aspect of social services ie residential child care. I am very familiar with the practice and responsibilities of social services. It will surprise you to hear that in part I agree with you in that sending young people to boarding educational establishments does, in some cases, make sense and can be more cost effective but don't kid yourself that abuse can not happen in these places either. Boarding schools have for many years been "care for rich kids" anyway.

However your premise to shut down Social Services is curious. What would you suggest we replace it with. Social Services have a statutory responsibility to investigate all cases of child abuse, who would you suggest serve this function? I assume that you have had a bad experience with them from the tone of your message, did you register a complaint and what was the outcome? Remember that there are abusers out there and it is common for these kind of views to be expressed by those who have been investgated and found to be unable to care safely for children. I am not suggesting that this is the case for you but I am curious as to the reason you are so against them.

The answer to your question of course is that "they can't by law"

What a load of rubbish, you can not shut down social services.

Bankruptcy will shutdown the entire country. Then who will care for the needy. Greece etc ?