A 2009 report but still Staffordshire.....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6535694/Pregnant-woman-reported-to-social-services-over-half-decorated-home.htmlQuote:
Mary Cooke invited a policewoman into her house after she had dialled 999 to report a speeding car which nearly hit her outside her home in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.
However, the 27-year-old was left furious after she claims the officer raised concerns with the council’s children’s services department over the state of her property.
Mrs Cooke said she and her husband Peter are redoing the wallpaper at their semi-detached house and that she was “sickened” police had judged her on its appearance.
The first she knew of the officer’s concerns was several days later when she received a letter from Staffordshire County Council expressing fears for the wellbeing of her unborn child.
Mrs Cooke, who is 10 weeks' pregnant with her first baby, said: "The letter made me feel sick.
"I believe someone was judging me for decorating the house and I can't believe it. I'm in the first stages of pregnancy. I'd never dream of bringing a child home to a house being decorated."
You really cannot make this up can you?
I have been reading little into this subject over the last 24 hours or so.
Some of you may be aware that Operation Yewtree has thus far focused on tv celebrities following the Saville expose. There is a wider opinion that this abuse went much deeper and right into the heart of the establishment including politicians some very senior (and an accusation has already been levelled in the house) and senior judiciary.
Some other sources claim there is infighting going on in the Met currently as some of them want to feel some of these persons collars but are being leant on to leave them be.
Bit of a leap here but what if some authorities are using measures like this to appropriate children for nefarious means? Sounds disgusting doesn't it? but then so is the content of the video in post 1 and the known goings on in many children's homes around the UK.
These are FOI requests to Staffordshire council asking about why they take these children and in the main they ignore...
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/newborn_babies_taken_by_social_s