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Reading Council hits back at scathing MP letter

A senior Reading councillor has hit back after a local MP questioned her ability to turn around the authority’s ‘appalling’ children’s services.

By Sam Clayden | 02 September 2016

A senior Reading councillor has hit back after a local MP questioned her ability to turn around the authority's ‘appalling' children's services.

The council's children's department was last month branded ‘inadequate' by Ofsted and now faces government intervention.

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