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Keegan orders Solihull to improve children's services oversight

Education secretary Gillian Keegan has ordered Solihull MBC to improve senior oversight of its children’s services following fresh criticism by a Government-appointed commissioner.

By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2023

Education secretary Gillian Keegan has ordered Solihull MBC to improve senior oversight of its children's services following fresh criticism by a Government-appointed commissioner.

Solihull has been subject to Whitehall-led intervention of its children's services since early last year following the death of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, who was killed by his carers in 2020.

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