No officers will face disciplinary action following the murder of 16-month-old Star Hobson, according to the police watchdog. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said there is “no indication
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A senior social worker who is at the centre of a legal battle with a regulator after a family court judge found that he had assaulted and abused an ex-partner
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A drug addict shook his girlfriend’s 15-month-old son to death following a campaign of deliberate assaults on the toddler which his mother did nothing to stop, a court has heard.
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Children’s social care providers are making “obscene profits”, while many looked after children are not receiving adequate care, a Labour frontbencher told Parliament. Baroness Chapman of Darlington (pictured) told peers
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A senior social worker found to have assaulted and abused an ex-partner by a family court judge is at the centre of a High Court fight. Judge Farooq Ahmed made
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A man has been found guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of his obese teenage daughter who was found dead in “squalor”. Kaylea Titford, 16, was found in conditions
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The family of an obese teenager found dead at home was “let down” by health and social services, a court has heard. Alun Titford, 45, is accused of the manslaughter
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Families with vulnerable youngsters will be given extra support before they reach crisis point under a sweeping shake-up of children’s social care. The plan, which follows criticism of the safeguarding
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Children in care were forced to move home over the Christmas period last year at a rate of almost 80 youngsters a day, new research suggests. Become, a charity for
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Care workers in children’s homes are leaving for jobs in retail or hospitality as the social care sector faces “significant staffing challenges”, a report has concluded. Staff shortages lead to
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