Vulnerable young people should no longer be sent across England to Rochdale’s privately-run children’s homes because their safety cannot be guaranteed, the leader of the council said last night.

ANN Leach and Joanne Robinson were last week found guilty of ill-treating two severely disabled residents at a Bolton Council-run care home.

Social care agencies missed “numerous” chances to support a teenage mother who was later murdered by her 17-year-old boyfriend, a report has said.

Community mental health teams are having to spend an increasing amount of time helping service users claim benefits, by The Masked AMHP