Mother has SIXTEEN babies taken away from her: Shocking case revealed as number of newborns removed at birth and put into care soars by 150% in five years

Mother has SIXTEEN babies taken away from her: Shocking case revealed as number of newborns removed at birth and put into care soars by 150% in five years   

One mother has had 16 babies taken into care, a shocking report into the scale of newborns removed from their parents reveals today.

The number of babies taken away from mothers has soared by 150 per cent in just five years, with a third removed from women in their teens.

• 'Huge rise' in newborn babies subject to care proceedings