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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Callum Parke

MP: Baby’s death ‘shocking’ but ‘unsurprising’ due to social services’ workload

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The MP for Chesterfield said the death of a 10-month-old boy in his constituency was “shocking” but “unsurprising” due to “failures across the system” in social services and the courts.

Toby Perkins spoke after new documents, released to the PA news agency, BBC and The Telegraph, showed Finley Boden was returned to his parent’s full-time care despite a local authority having “some concerns” over their drug use and parenting ability.

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