THOUSANDS of children are being left at risk of harm by the government’s failure to develop a credible plan to improve protection services, MPs warn in a report published today.

The public accounts committee (PAC) said progress had been “too slow” in the five-and-a-half years since the Munro Report, which called for a major overhaul of the system.

Professor Eileen Munro was commissioned by then education secretary Michael Gove to conduct a review of child protection services.