The Report

As the Independent Police Complaints Commission begins a review into the way it works, Simon Cox asks if the police watchdog is up to the job.

It’s estimated that people in the UK spend more than two billion pounds a year on cosmetic surgery and other procedures like botox and fillers. In the Report this week two of the leading private clinics, The Harley Medical Group and Transform, speak out for the first time since the PIP breast implant scandal emerged earlier this year. They say failures by the European regulatory system have caused them financial and operating problems. The Govt has ordered a review of the industry led by Sir Bruce Keogh.He will look at whether there needs to be more regulation, how complaints are dealt with, the role of advertising and whether there needs to be better clinical governance. And we ask can people be protected from their own desire for perfection?

This year the Forensic Science Service (FSS) closed leaving the UK without a national forensics service. How has this impacted the criminal justice system?

Students want value for money for their £9,000-a-year university fees. But with the Government squeezing the money it gives to higher education, can the colleges deliver?

Obesity levels are increasing year on year in the UK, especially among children, with little sign of slowing down. Helen Grady asks what the state can do to stop obese children becoming super-size adults and what's stopping social workers from taking more of these children into care.

As the games draw to a close, and the Paralympics begin, it has been claimed that the Olympics will generate a 13.5 Billion pound boost to the British Economy. Are there more jobs in Olympic Boroughs, greater tourism across the UK and better deals for UK businesses? Simon Cox investigates whether attempts to link the Games with economic growth are flawed.

The London Olympic Games are in full swing but after seven years of preparation how did plans for security, to be provided by the private contractor G4S, go so badly wrong?

As strike action is called off by border guards, Adrian Goldberg investigates the problems facing the UK Border Agency and Border Force and looks at claims that security is being put at risk.

As investigations continue into claims the Libor interest rate was manipulated, Simon Cox examines allegations of collusion between banks and asks who has lost out?

Wesley Stephenson asks can lessons be learnt from the first NHS Trust to go bust?

After revelations that thousands go missing from children's homes each year, Simon Cox investigates the private companies in charge of them. Are profits trumping a duty of care?

Some victims of recent grooming cases were living in children's homes. Simon Cox asks what's going wrong.

After an inquest concluded that we may never know how MI6 officer Gareth Williams died, The Report asks if the investigation into his death was hampered by mistakes from the outset

Simon Cox investigates how charities will be affected by the cap on donation tax relief proposed by the Coalition Government in the latest Budget.

Are banks on the verge of a new mis-selling scandal? Some businesses claim they were mis-sold products designed to protect them against interest rate rises, but is it a case of buyer beware? Phil Kemp investigates.