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‘Insufficient social workers to meet need’ in town where Arthur Labinjo-Hughes died, probe finds

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‘Acute’ social work staffing issues and ‘relentless’ workloads slow progress at new unitary authority

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Ofsted censures children's services leaders for placements 'against young people's best interests'

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Social workers felt uninvolved in 'inadequate' council’s attempts to improve, says commissioner

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Needs of children ‘secondary' to parents’ in some cases, Ofsted finds during council visit

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‘Inadequate’ council confident of improved rating after Ofsted praises reduced reliance on agency staff

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Council improves to ‘good’ after increasing social worker numbers to cut caseloads

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Government needs ‘compelling reasons’ not to remove children’s services from council

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One in three care leavers feel they left care prematurely, finds Ofsted

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Council improves to 'good' thanks to managers' 'unstinting' efforts and investment in stabilising workforce

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‘Inadequate’ council says five-year wait for reinspection has hampered recruitment

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'Turmoil, instability and drift' driven by senior staff turnover sees Bury children's services rated 'inadequate'

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