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Reports reveal 'damning failures' at council

By yesterday, when Children's Secretary Ed Balls delivered his verdict on the independent inquiry into the Baby P case, the effect of superlatives had worn thin.

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TORCUIL CRICHTON, Chief UK political correspondent

By yesterday, when Children's Secretary Ed Balls delivered his verdict on the independent inquiry into the Baby P case, the effect of superlatives had worn thin.