Balls calls for child protection reform

A report on child protection services in England - commissioned after the death of Baby P - has called for a "step change" in the way social workers are led and the way they do their jobs.

The report's author, Lord Laming, said there had to be quicker intervention to reduce the number of children killed by members of their own family, or by someone known to them.

Making a statement in the Commons, Children Secretary Ed Balls said that the government will accept all of the recommendations in the report in full.

Sean Curran reports for Today in Parliament on 12 March.