18-01-2024 19:41 via theguardian.com

The Guardian view on social services: there must be no rush to judgment on Bronson Battersby | Editorial

It is not clear who is to blame for tragic events in Skegness. But social workers and the families they support are under huge pressureThe death of a two-year-old boy from dehydration and starvation in Skegness, Lincolnshire, has rightly prompted shock, sadness and anger. Bronson Battersby died because his father and main carer, Kenneth Battersby, was killed by a suspected heart attack and there was no one else in the home to look after him. Bronson was found huddled by his father’s body b
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