direct to your inboxConcerns have been raised over the funding of children’s services in Rochdale after a council-run home received a damning inspection report.Ofsted found at-risk youngsters were regularly going missing from the facility and has stopped it from taking on any more children until the necessary improvements are made.The home cannot be named for safeguarding reasons.Heywood and Middleton MP Chris Clarkson has since called on the authority to ‘work night and day’ to ensure the borough’s most vulnerable children are kept safe.The issue was also raised by councillors at a budget scrutiny committee meeting this week.Referring to the report, Coun Liam O’Rourke asked what flexibility there was within the proposed 2021/22 budget to.
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