Government intervention recommended in Doncaster

The Audit Commission today recommended Government intervention in the running of Doncaster Council after concluding it was not capable of making improvements.

The report from the independent watchdog was ordered after a series of crises at the local authority, including the case of two brothers who were in the council's care when they tortured two young boys in the village of Edlington last year.

Doncaster Council’s social services department had already been criticised following the deaths of seven children.

The report said the council was failing because it was not properly run and that it was a matter for Communities Secretary John Denham exactly what action is taken.