Children in care die at twice the rate of others. Why are so few of their deaths reviewed?
A disproportionate number of children and young people growing up in care are dying prematurely, prompting calls for preventative action.
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Dundee City Council has been criticised by one of Scotland’s biggest trade unions and the Scottish Conservatives for using