I'm actually quite relieved the handcuffs were finally clasped onto the world's biggest fraudster on the very same day as the Laming report came out. It meant Bernie Madoff managed to topple Laming's anxiously awaited offering from the lead news slot. So a little less heat and hysteria over children dying than would otherwise have been the case. And the opportunity for a little more consideration.
Given his Climbie report paved the way for Every Child Matters, Laming was never like to declare the system which bears his fingerprints is broken. It is of course, now all about the implementation of those reforms.
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