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Unison has welcomed an external review into the death of Caleb Ness that says lack of resources affected Edinburgh Council's ability to deal with the case (news, page 9, 19 August).

Unison attacked Susan O'Brien's initial report when it was published in October last year. The report criticised social workers.

Unison's Edinburgh branch secretary John Stevenson said: "We argued that the O'Brien report into the death of Caleb Ness was flawed and now a report by three independent experts has found a lack of resources is the key issue thwarting social workers' child protection work."

Unison is calling on the council to address resources urgently and not wait for the social services merger with education in April next year.