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Birmingham Children's Services

Current affairs series. Are children safe in the hands of Birmingham City Council social services? Simon Cox investigates.

Last month, a serious case review into the death of two year old Keanu Williams concluded that there were a number of significant opportunities to save him from being beaten to death by his mother. It's the latest in a series of horrific child deaths that have shocked Birmingham and exposed shortcomings which have led to the city's children's services department repeatedly failing inspections and the city being branded a 'national disgrace' by the head of the watchdog, Ofsted. Simon Cox investigates what is wrong with social services at Britain's largest local authority and asks whether its reputation is justified.

28 minutes

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Thu 14 Nov 2013 20:00

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  • Thu 14 Nov 2013 20:00

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