Social Services

Sara Sharif was subjected to cruelty on a scale hard to imagine and a child protection system that failed her, writes Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker.

Some children need to be placed in care for their own safety, but all too often they are moved large distances, in what is seen as a symptom of a broken system.

A judge at the High Court in Leeds refused a social services request to change the name of a boy over fears he could be bullied.