By Jason Groves PUBLISHED: 19:13 EST, 11 October 2013 | UPDATED: 04:55 EST, 12 October 2013 The Guardian was under pressure to apologise last night for a  ‘disgraceful slur’ against Michael Gove by appearing to link his reforms to the deaths of Baby P and Hamzah Khan. Polly Toynbee suggested that the Education Secretary’s decision to dismantle Labour’s ContactPoint child protection database had made it easier for vulnerable youngsters to slip through the cracks. The online version of the veteran Left-wing columnist’s account was headlined: ‘It is the Baby Ps and Hamzah Khans who pay for this Tory vandalism: Michael Gove’s dismantling of successful schemes like ContactPoint has left abuse victims even more vulnerable.’
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Pressure on paper to apologise for 'disgraceful slur' against Michael Gove
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Polly Toynbee suggested decision to dismantle Labour's ContactPoint had made it easier for vulnerable children to slip through the net
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Online version headlined:  ‘It is the Baby Ps and Hamzah Khans who pay for this Tory vandalism'
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