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Dudley's social services is facing a huge rise in reports of safeguarding concerns watchdog councillors will be told.

December's meeting of Dudley Council's Social Care and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee is set to hear there has been an eye-watering 300 percent rise in cases reported to the authority over the last decade.

In the 2024/25 year social services received 7,363 concerns about safeguarding which was a 2.9 percent increase on the previous year while resources to cope remain under pressure.

A report for the committee from Darryl Phillipowsky, the council's head of adult mental health and safeguarding, said: "The provider market remains fragile, with over half of independent care providers signalling potential contract returns due to financial pressures.

"Domestic

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