What did we learn from Baby P case?
What lessons have we learnt following the tragic death of Baby P? Today Lord Laming, who suggested numerous reforms following the tragic death of another child, Victoria Climbie (nine years ago), will today issue another report. It's expected to say that his original reforms have still to be properly implemented by some councils.
As we go on air today, Children's Secretary Ed Balls will be addressing Parliament on those findings. We'll hear what he has to say to the House.
We'll also hear what Lord Laming has to say and in the studio we'll be interviewing the head of children's services from Newham Council and the Liberal Democrat MP and former Haringey councillor Lynne Featherstone.
Also today the Public Accounts Committee is taking a look at local government, so we thought we would too.
Some of the figures make shocking reading with one individual council spending £9m on publicity, one buying carpets worth £750,000 - with another buying sat-navs for lawn-mowers!
We'll be looking what they pay their leaders - it's a lot - and at their pension pots.
Tune in for what could be a good old ding dong between the Taxpayers' Alliance and the Local Government Association.
We'll also be looking at the retirement age and our guest of the day will be the entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox.
All that coming up at midday and later on iPlayer.
Why not come for a Twitter with us as well.
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