The Conservatives promised an inquiry into child protection as part of their response to the Baby Peter case more than two years ago.

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And the eventual cost of the new child-care subsidies the budget promised could turn out to be very large.

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The Governor had promised four years ago to fix the state's child-welfare mess.

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They chose to protect my tax cut at all costs while withholding promised funding to the Leave No Child Behind Act, leaving 2.1 million children behind.

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Though elected in 1998 as a self-declared reformer who promised to fix the school system and improve child welfare, Mr Bush is now vulnerable on both counts.

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Four years ago, the rebels promised the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, that they would not recruit child soldiers.

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The government has promised to set up a social mobility and child poverty commission, and also recently announced plans for an annual "snapshot" of social mobility by measuring information such as educational achievement, access to professions and birth weights.

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By admitting the affair, he won points for candour, and he has promised to pay child support.

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Until recently the European Union has trailed after Mr Mobutu like a child that has been promised a sweet, believing that he would hold an election.

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Many child migrants were promised oranges and sunshine on arrival in Australia, which is the title of a new film chronicling their plight that goes on general release next month - it has been out for a few months in Britain already.

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