Local council failed to investigate allegations
A local authority in the West Midlands failed to properly investigate complaints made about a foster carer. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council prematurely alerted the carer and then decided to take no...
View ArticleCouncil reprimanded for home schooling failure
The London Borough of Richmond failed a boy who had been educated at home, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has ruled. The teenage boy received home schooling after he developed behavioural issues...
View ArticleOmbudsman: council ‘failed mother’
Kent County Council failed to provide proper support to a working mother, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has declared. The mother of two disabled teenagers received benefits from the local...
View ArticleLocal authorities left domestic violence victim in limbo
Two London boroughs failed to a protect a victim of domestic violence, the Local Government Ombudsman has declared. A council tenant in the north-west borough of Brent, she had been involved in an...
View ArticleTower Hamlets wrongfully ignored foster mother [updated]
A family friend who took on the care of three children received no support from her local authority for six years, the Local Government Ombudsman has reported The children had been left with the friend...
View ArticleTeen ‘removed without notice’
Essex County Council failed to follow proper procedure when it removed a vulnerable teenage girl from her aunt and uncle’s home without notice, the Local Government Ombudsman has declared. The girl had...
View ArticleCouncil fined for domestic violence victim’s accommodation
A London council has been fined £3,000 after leaving a domestic violence victim in “unsuitable” accommodation for two years. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) found that the London...
View ArticleLondon Borough failed to consult mother
The London Borough of Lewisham failed to properly involve a mother when it decided to cut the benefits provided to her two sons with learning difficulties. That was the conclusion reached by the Local...
View ArticleFostering grandmother let down by London borough
A London grandmother who took on the care of her grandson is to receive four years-worth of backdated foster payments from the Royal Borough of Greenwich. She had taken in her grandson when social...
View ArticleNorthumberland County Council ‘failed’ vulnerable family
Northumberland County Council did not do enough to protect a vulnerable family from their own son, the Local Government Ombudsman has declared. The teenager had severe behavioural problems. On one...
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