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• Council where Logan Mwangi was murdered ‘worryingly dependent’ on agency care

  05-10-2022 23:00
  Welsh Tories say Bridgend’s £1.1m bill for agency social workers in year of five-year-old’s death shows risk of inconsistent careA local authority involved in the care of Logan Mwangi, the five-year-old boy murdered by his mother, her partner and his stepson, spent more than £1m on agency social workers in the year the child was killed, it has emerged.Bridgend county borough council in south Wales spent £1.1m on agency social workers in 2021/22 compared with £
  
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• TechScape: Social media firms face a safety reckoning after the Molly Russell inquest

  05-10-2022 12:45
  In this week’s newsletter: The question of tougher regulation is back following an inquest into the death of a 14-year-old who viewed significant amounts of harmful online contentDon’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article hereWhat content is safe for a child to view online? Who gets to decide what is OK and what is dangerous? And how much of a role should a government, a company or a parent play in that decision?These questions were brought into focus b
  
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• After the Molly Russell inquest, social media firms face a safety reckoning

  05-10-2022 12:45
  The question of tougher regulation is back following an inquest into the death of a 14-year-old who viewed significant amounts of harmful online contentDon’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWhat content is safe for a child to view online? Who gets to decide what is OK and what is dangerous? And how much of a role should a government, a company or a parent play in that decision?These questions were brought into focus by the inquest into the death of 14-year-old Molly Russ
  
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• Council has dithered for months over my 100-year-old mum’s care home fees

  05-10-2022 08:00
  Her savings are fast running out and we can’t get a decision on fundingMy 100-year-old mother has spent the last four years in a care home and has paid the fees from her savings. As they dwindled towards £23,250 – when council funding kicks in – I contacted Derbyshire county council. Five months of phone calls passed before it carried out a needs assessment, and it was another month before her application was passed to its finance department. Seven months on, I haven&rsqu
  
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