Will we ever learn from 'terrible' failings in child protection cases?
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High-profile mothers including Carrie Johnson, Ellie Goulding and Olivia Colman have written to the Prime Minister calling for a national public inquiry into the 'catastrophic failure' to protect murdered toddler Preston Davey. Backing a petition so far signed by almost 100,000 people, they are among leading figures asking Sir Keir Starmer to set up a 'thorough and transparent' probe into the 'heartbreaking' series of missed opportunities to save him. A signatory of this letter Paula, whose adoptive son Tony had both of his legs amputated after he was assaulted by his birth parents when he was just 41 days old. His birth parents Jody Simpson and Anthony Smith were jailed for 10 years in 2018. Tony received the British Empire Medal for services to the prevention of child abuse in December 2023. He became the youngest person on record to receive the British Empire Medal at 9 years old. Child cruelty campaigner Paula Hudgell joins Ranvir Singh and Ed Balls to discuss. If you are str
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