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      <title>Together we can tackle child abuse</title>
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      <description>An Ofsted report following a fourth monitoring visit of children’s services has found Birmingham City Council is maintaining progress already made with ‘further improvement evident in specific areas'</description>
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      <title>Make a pledge and support National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day</title>
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      <title>Children's social care in Birmingham continues to improve</title>
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      <description>An Ofsted report following a third visit to examine the progress of children’s services has found Birmingham City Council ‘is making continued progress’ and the quality of social work has improved.</description>
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      <title>Improvements to Birmingham children's services continue</title>
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      <description>An Ofsted report following a second monitoring visit of children's services this year has found Birmingham City Council 'is continuing to make progress’ and the quality of social work has improved</description>
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