By Calls for councillor to resign after devastating Ofsted report
A councillor responsible for children’s services at North East Lincolnshire Council is facing a vote of no confidence.
Conservative Ian Lindley claimed the service was already in decline when he took over.
Ofsted issued the devastating report in November, saying inadequate services had put children at risk.
The portfolio holder for children and education said fellow councillors were playing a political blame-game.
In November, Ofsted said the children’s services at North East Lincolnshire Council had “significantly deteriorated” since their last inspection in 2017.
The report “identified widespread weaknesses in assessment, planning and management decision-making, leaving many children at risk of harm”.
Labour councillors called for Mr Lindley to step down at a full council meeting on Wednesday, stating his leadership had led to “catastrophic failure”.
Mr Lindley, councillor for the Scartho ward, said improvements had already been made since the report was published, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
A government commissioner has been appointed to decide if the council is to be temporarily removed from control of child social care in March.
A vote of no confidence will be held at the next full council meeting in February.
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