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The Guardian - UK
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Steven Morris

FOUND: Major reforms to welsh care system needed finds senedd committee | Mind Blowing Facts

Logan Mwangi
The Senedd committee report referred to case of five-year-old Logan Mwangi who died in July 2022 in south Wales. His mother, partner and a teenager were jailed for his murder. Photograph: Composite

Radical reforms to the care system in Wales are needed to address a “shocking” rise in the number of looked after children, a Welsh parliament committee has concluded.

The committee said the number of children in care was up by almost 23% since 2013 while at the same time there were shortages of qualified social workers.

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