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The government has assigned a commissioner to examine whether children’s services should be removed from the control of Tameside MBC after Ofsted found

Tower Hamlets Council’s director of children’s services has been named as the new chief executive of Birmingham Children’s Trust.

The government has lifted an improvement direction on Birmingham City Council after more than a decade of government intervention in its children’s social

Hakeem Hussain died ‘gasping for air’, and his mother Laura Heath was later convicted of fatal neglect.

Hakeem Hussain died ‘gasping for air’, and his mother Laura Heath was later convicted of fatal neglect.

Hakeem Hussain died ‘gasping for air’, and his mother Laura Heath was later convicted of fatal neglect.

Hakeem Hussain died alone, gasping for air in the garden of an address where he was staying with his neglectful mother, Laura Heath, early in the morning.

Death of Hakeem Hussain was result of ‘catastrophic and deplorable’ parenting by Laura Heath, says judge

A drug addict mother has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the manslaughter of her asthmatic son who died alone and gasping for air in a garden.

Passing sentence on Laura Heath, Mr Justice Dove said the death of Hakeem Hussain in Birmingham in 2017 was the result of her catastrophic and deplorable parenting.