'Disgraced' Children's Unit To Be Run By Trust

A children's services department in Birmingham labelled a "national disgrace" by Ofsted is to be taken over and run by a voluntary trust, following years of criticism. Birmingham City Council says the trust will run the department under a "new model" which will put social workers at its centre. In 2014 the Government appointed Lord Norman Warner to drive a three-year improvement plan at the unit after years of failings, and the authority said "expected progress has been made".