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A new report by the Children\u2019s Commissioner for England estimates that there are 2.3 million children in England growing up with a vulnerable family background and half of these children receive patchy or no support at all. What needs to change to improve the lives of vulnerable children and have children fallen down the political agenda? Jenni speaks to Rachel Dickinson, President of the Association for Directors of Children\u2019s Services, Alka Dass, a mother fighting cuts to children\u2019s services in her area and to Neera Sharma, Head of Policy from the children\u2019s charity Barnardos.

O'Hooley & Tidow are an English folk music duo from Yorkshire, consisting of Heidi Tidow and Belinda O'Hooley. They have been performing together for ten years, and have released seven albums. Their track \u2018Gentleman Jack\u2019 features as the closing music on the BBC\u2019s drama series of the same name. They'll be talking about their music and performing live in the studio.

According to UN data an estimated 200 million girls and women worldwide have undergone Female Genital Mutilation. The internationally condemned ritual, which typically involves the partial or total removal of the external genitalia, is most often associated with a swathe of African countries, as well as parts of the Middle East and Asia. In the United States more than half a million girls and women from diaspora communities have had or are at risk of FGM. But in the last couple of years several women from conservative white communities the US have gone public with their stories of having this done to them. We hear from two of them.

Presenter: Jenni Murray\nProducer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Rachel Dickinson\nInterviewed Guest: Alka Dass\nInterviewed Guest: Neera Sharma\nInterviewed Guest: Heidi Tidow\nInterviewed Guest: Belinda O'Hooley\nInterviewed Guest: Dr Renee Bergstrom\nInterviewed Guest: Shelby Quast