'No child should die as he did in this country in 2024'- Shock after boy, 2, found dead next to dad's body in flat

An MP has said the death of a two-year-old boy reported to have starved to death after his dad suffered a fatal heart attack has 'shocked the nation' adding that 'no child, not least one already known to the authorities, should die as he did in this country in 2024'.

Bronson Battersby was found curled up next to the body of his dad Kenneth, 60, who had died at the flat they shared in Prince Alfred Avenue, Skegness, Lincolnshire, The Sun newspaper reported.

A social worker from Lincolnshire County Council had tried on two occasions – January 2 and 4 – to visit Mr Battersby and his son but got no answer, alerting Lincolnshire Police both times. It wasn't until days later on January 9, when the social worker was let into the property by the landlord, that Mr Battersby and his son were found dead.

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Matt Warman, Conservative MP for Boston and Skegness, said the news of Bronson’s death has “saddened” many people, particularly in the seaside town where they lived, a place that has “immense community spirit”. Authorities will now be wondering “what could have been done differently”, he said, as he urged those involved to conclude their investigations into Bronson’s death “as rapidly as possible”.

He said in a statement to the PA news agency: “The tragic news of the death of Bronson Battersby in Skegness has shocked the nation. No child, not least one already known to the authorities, should die as he did in this country in 2024.

“My thoughts are with his mother and his family at what I can only imagine is an impossibly difficult time. It appears that social services and the police were involved, but Bronson’s death, following his father Kenneth’s heart