Two government ministers have stepped in to investigate the children's services departments in local authorities. Children's minister, Bever-ley Hughes (pictured), has raised concern over the department at Doncaster MBC, which is under investigation after it emerged serious case reviews had been ordered into the deaths of seven local children in the past two years. The South Yorkshire authority received a critical OfSTED report last month, claiming its children's services, including child protection, were inadequate. The council was one of only nine across the country to have its children's services rated inadequate.
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