A toddler was left with life-long injuries after East Riding of Yorkshire Council missed opportunities to protect him from his mother's violent partner, a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation has found.
The case was brought to the Ombudsman by the boy's father and grandmother, after a council investigation, which concluded the council had acted appropriately, took 76 weeks too long to complete.
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Hundreds of English schools still at risk from crumbling concrete
Hundreds of schools in England are still at risk of collapse from crumbling concrete, according to previously unpublished figures. Official data, which the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
Thousands of young people placed in council care more than 20 miles away from home, analysis shows
A third of children in council care in 2023 lived over 20 miles away from their local area, school and family – around 4,600 people in total.
£600m boost for social care next year announced in Budget
Councils’ available spending to grow by an estimated 3.2% in real terms in 2025-26, with authorities also given £250m to test new approaches in children’s
