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The numbers of children going into care in Wakefield are likely to keep rising, a senior council worker has warned.

Dean Howson, Wakefield Council's service manager for looked after children, said that reviews of previous cases and young asylum seekers coming into the district from abroad were the main factors behind the increase.

Millions of pounds has been invested into the local authority's children's services after Ofsted said they were failing vulnerable youngsters in a report last year.

Children in care referrals to keep rising in Wakefield