The Party Blog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
One very curious aspect of the fall-out from the chilling Baby P case is the role of Lord Laming. The 72 year-old former social worker was hired by Gordon Brown and Ed Balls several weeks ago to investigate Britain's social services in the wake of the death of Baby P; he will report next year. Laming also chaired the inquiry in 2003 into the death of Victoria Climbie which introduced a whole series...
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, has today written to Lord Laming to set out the terms of reference for his progress report on ... (2008/0259)
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Lord Laming, the child protection expert who led the inquiry into the circumstances of the killing of Victoria Climbié in Haringey in 2000, spoke of his distress that the same north London borough should have been the setting for the death of another child known to welfare and health agencies, despite the reforms that followed his investigation. "What I had hoped was that Haringey would develop services...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Lord Laming's inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié in 2000 was followed by root-and-branch reforms but today he expressed his distress at another child dying in the same London borough, despite being known to welfare and health agencies. The child protection expert said he had hoped the north London borough of Haringey would develop services that would make it an exemplar of good practice following...
Times Online - Rod Liddle (Free subscription) | 01/06/2008
In 2000 little Victoria Climbié, eight years old, was murdered by her guardians, having endured months of appalling abuse and cruelty. You may remember the harrowing court case, Lord Laming’s subsequent inquiry, the trenchant criticisms of Haringey social services for their “blinding incompetence”. Victoria came from the Ivory Coast and arrived here in the custody of her “great-aunt”.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Lord Laming's report after the death of Victoria Climbié called for a multi-agency approach to children's care, with adult services split from children's. Do the key players feel progress has been made? Janet Snell reports
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/02/2008
The social care professions have failed to heed the lessons of Lord Laming's landmark inquiry into the murder of child abuse victim Victoria Climbié, government-funded research reveals
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/01/2008
Lord Laming's report into the murder of Victoria Climbié has led to many tried and tested systems being ditched, warns Liz Davies
