This happened against a backdrop of chaotic child protection services at Tory-run Northamptonshire county council. “There have been repeated failures in children’s services in Northamptonshire since 2013 and there is now no question: council leader Matt Golby has to go. He failed when he was in charge of children’s services, and he’s failed since taking over the council. He said there was “no doubt that these two high-profile cases will raise genuine concerns about some elements of the child safeguarding sector in Northamptonshire at this time”. Although Evelyn-Rose’s mother did not engage with safeguarding services, social workers felt she was “parenting well”.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2019 12:00 UTC