thank you, see you then. the shocking killing of six year old arthur labinjo hughes has prompted an outpouring of tributes across the uk and now the education secretary has announced a national review to learn from this terrible case . arthur s dad and step mother were sentenced to prison on friday. during the trial it was revealed relatives had raised concerns about arthur s welfare in the months before his death. we re joined now by nazir afzal, the former chief prosecutor for the north west of england, and anna foysht vang, the chief executive of the national children s bureau. thank you very much for being with us today. let s committee first, nazir afzal, we heard a lot about come to you first, we hear a lot about learning from mistakes of these cases, how confident are you that this will happen? hat these cases, how confident are you that this will happen? that this will happen? not at all, i m afraid- that this will happen? not at all, i m afraid. when that this will ha
will say the same thing. over the last ten years, demand has outstripped resources. social workers have left the profession, most of them have twice the workload that they had a decade ago. just imagine looking after 18 children and then looking of the a0 children, which is what many of them have to do. to do that without resources and management and support, often high turnover so they end up leaving because they cannot cope with the stress. this is what we have at the moment and i have no guarantee, i cannot offer any assurance to any of your view is that children will be safe as a result of the next review. anna foysht vang, iam safe as a result of the next review. anna foysht vang, i am interested to think of what you make of that very clear answer, what is your reaction? i have to agree with every single word i have to agree with every single word of i have to agree with every single word of it i have to agree with every single word of it. we have been here before~ word of