Judge criticises council after toddler taken into care over father's links to English Defence League

Judge criticises council after toddler taken into care over father's links to English Defence League

Senior managers at a local authority have been criticised by the most senior family court judge in England and Wales over the way they handled a case involving a toddler who had been placed in foster care at birth because of the father's links to the English Defence League.

• Judge slams 'social engineering' by council that took baby away from his father over ties to racist EDL and teenage sex caution