Just over six years ago, Victoria Climbie died from abuse and neglect while living with her aunt Marie Therese Kouao and her aunt's boyfriend Carl Manning.
The tragedy led to a wide investigation headed by Lord Laming. His high-profile public inquiry identified four social services departments, two police forces, two hospitals, and a specialist children's unit as all failing to act when presented with evidence of abuse.
Laming called for radical reforms of child-protection services in England, including a shake-up of the arrangements for area child-protection committees.
Although not all of his 108 recommendations were implemented, his report did lead to some significant reforms in local child-protection arrangements included in the Children's Act 2004.
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