Abandoned children getting away from the Tories? (9)

I believe the answer is:

leftwards

'away from the tories?' is the definition.
(the Tories are a rightwing party)

'abandoned children getting' is the wordplay.
'abandoned' becomes 'left' (leave can mean to abandon).
'children' becomes 'wards' (ward can mean a child under someone's care).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'left'+'wards'='LEFTWARDS'

(Another definition for leftwards that I've seen is " To port".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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