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"This government has prioritised significant reform of the children's social care system, driving better child protection and information sharing between education, health and social workers to stop vulnerable children falling through the cracks," they added.

“We don’t want his family to be stressed working through all the red tape. We don’t want Grayson to fall through the cracks.”

The threat he posed was considered "too unspecific", according to one assessment, while one tip-off against him in September 2023 appears to have fallen through the cracks.

The government says protecting children at risk of abuse and stopping vulnerable children falling through the cracks is at the heart of the bill.

Jimmy Morris and his three children — two teenage sons and a teenage daughter — are among the families that might fall through the cracks.