A new study suggests the number of newborn babies in England taken into care at birth has continued to rise.
Data shows that over eight years the number of newborns subject to care proceedings has more than doubled, from 1,039 in 2007-8 to 2,447 in 2016-17.
Read the BBC news article here.
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