内容摘要：Once Hannah, 28, had returned home, he killed Louise with the crossbow.

Once Hannah, 28, had returned home, he killed Louise with the crossbow.

He added: "I just wonder, are we just taking a responsibility for some of these children when parents are taking an easy option and just handing children over to us?"The cost of this is staggering."

Matt Keane, leader of North Northamptonshire Labour Group, said: “Families come to us in need, often due to extremely difficult financial situations they find themselves in as well as the lack of support for both children and families in general."Councillor Smithers’ comments disregard all of this entirely. It is not an easy option for families to come to us and every child that is in our care needs it.”Ms Addison added: "Parents across North Northamptonshire will feel demoralised further by these comments.

"We as Labour councillors will continue to highlight the short-sighted Tory approach to children’s services and councillor Smithers’ comments prove this attitude alarmingly.”Kemi Badenoch said calls for her to resign as leader of the Conservative party after the local elections were "just not serious".

The party lost 674 councillors when voters went to the polls on 1 May, surrendering control of 16 local authorities.

Badenoch, MP for North West Essex, told the BBC she had a "long-term plan" and members "knew I was going to take things slowly".She told BBC Scotland News she had called a meeting with directors of education, the chief examiner and the chief inspector to discuss “the need for improvement across the country”.

Ms Gilruth acknowledged the attainment gap had widened, but said the pandemic had made closing it “more challenging”.“I am very clear that the status quo is not good enough,” she added. “There have not been the improvements we would like to see this year.”

Scottish Conservative education spokesperson Liam Kerr condemned the "chaotic and shambolic" exam results delays.He added: “The widening of the attainment gap continues to shamefully let down pupils from our most deprived backgrounds."