The East Anglian council has identified reducing demand as central to improving services on the back of "inadequate" ratings from Ofsted for both child protection and looked-after children's services.
The council currently has 1,137 looked-after children, far more than authorities of a similar size. A report due to go before politicians in the authority on Thursday states that the number of children in care is "excessive" and reducing it is "critical".
Based on projections, the authority predicts that if it does nothing the number of looked-after children will have risen to 1,360 by 2017, costing the authority an additional £12m over three years.
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