Today, every child matters - Carlisle News & Star 20th May 2008

A KEY aspect of the Children Act 2004 is the need for all services involved with children – education, health, social work, justice – to co-ordinate their work to ensure that children get the best possible start in life. It was passed by the Government following Lord Laming’s 2003 report into the death of Victoria Climbie, who was murdered by her great aunt in London. Laming concluded Victoria had been let down by failings in bureaucracy and lack of communication in several agencies.

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