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Herefordshire handed improvement notice

The Government has issued an improvement notice to Herefordshire Council over ‘serious concerns’ regarding children’s services.

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By Martin Ford | 19 May 2021

The Government has issued an improvement notice to Herefordshire Council over ‘serious concerns' regarding children's services.

Sparked by a damning High Court judgement handed down last month, the notice cites ‘failures in the leadership and management', ‘evidence of poor-decision making' and ‘drift and delay in some historic cases'.

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