A council spent more than £1.1m on agency social workers around the time of a high-profile death of an abused child.
Logan Mwangi was killed by his mother, step-father and step-brother in July 2021 after suffering "catastrophic" internal injuries consistent with a "brutal and sustained assault" likened to a car crash. Angharad Williamson, 31, John Cole, 40, and 14-year-old Craig Mulligan were all convicted of murder and received life sentences.
A freedom of information request from the Welsh Conservatives has found that Bridgend Council spent £1,147,354 on agency social workers that year. This was a huge jump from the £165,624 spent the year before and £146,496 in 2019/20.
