Child protection cases have rocketed – Cameron’s only answer is privatisation

Child protection cases have rocketed – Cameron’s only answer is privatisation: Buried in the prime minister’s December announcement about improving children’s services was a review of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), which coordinate child protection in England. This is the first stocktake of these arrangements since the battered baby syndrome guidance was first issued in 1970. This review, undertaken by former director of children’s services, Alan …