Louise Rees, 60, tendered her resignation to Solihull Council chiefs shortly after the six-year-old s death sent shockwaves around the children s services department, sources said.
The total dropped to 597,760 for the year to March 2021, the lowest figure since records began in 2013. By contrast, the total for 2018-19, before the pandemic, was 650,930.
As child killer Emma Tustin awaits sentencing for the murder of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, a former partner gives disturbing new insight into the woman he calls a black widow