Task force to be sent to protect vulnerable children in Northamptonshire

Government takes action after Ofsted criticises child services at crisis-hit county councilMinisters are to send in a task force to crisis-hit Northamptonshire county council after it emerged hundreds of vulnerable children were being placed at greater risk of harm because of rapidly deteriorating frontline child protection services..The move follows publication of a highly critical letter by Ofsted inspectors revealing that children referred to council social services were not effectively suppo