Miliband rejects Cameron claim over Edlington boys

11 at the time of the attack and their family had been known to social services for 14 years, during which time agencies failed to intervene on 31 occasions.

The council has published an executive summary of the SCR, but Mr Cameron, has called for the release of the full report, of the serious case reviewclaiming that the case was symptomatic of a “broken society”.

That claim was rejected by Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who said: “There are broken families in this country, but this is not a broken society.

“If you look at the responses to any of the challenges we face, whether they are local or international, this country comes together.

“To say this is a broken society is to misunderstand the nature of the country we live in.”

The Government’s chief adviser on the safety of children, Sir Roger Singleton, said he did not support the full publication of the SCR.

“The way forward is to ensure that the published summaries of SCRs are accurate, comprehensive and set out unambiguously what has gone wrong and the lessons which need to be learned,” he added.