On this episode of Uncovered host Kelly Crichton is joined by Harriet Clugston, Data and Investigations editor for National World, who has been looking into the pressures faced by local authorities, particularly in relation to their child social care budgets.

The recent case of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, murdered by his father and step mother in Solihull in June 2020, has broken hearts across the country, and prompted a wave of public anger and revulsion at the suffering he endured.

Social workers, children’s charities and councils have been warning for several years about a crisis brewing in children’s social care in England, with repeated calls for action to protect children. Hear how Harriet has uncovered data which shows councils struggling to deliver these vital services across England with the North East particularly badly affected.