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As Baby P was being tortured Shoesmith reported 'a good year' Balls: I was right to sack Baby P council chief Haringey 'squanders' £24m on consultants as Baby P suffered Baby P carers demand payouts Sexism claim by sacked Baby P boss has ‘no hope’ Baby P chief loses appeal against sacking Baby P chief's day at Ascot was paid for by builder she backed for £28m contract Haringey: the tragic betrayal of another child Baby P staff could face the sack as watchdog launches new probe

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As Baby P was being tortured Shoesmith reported 'a good year'

12.10.09
Sharon Shoesmith boasted that the year in which Baby P died was 'hugely productive' for child protection in Haringey... more

Balls: I was right to sack Baby P council chief

09.10.09
Children's Secretary Ed Balls was so 'stunned' by the state of children’s care in Haringey council that he was right to sack summarily its boss Sharon Shoesmith... more

Haringey chiefs left seven more Baby Ps in danger

08.10.09
EXCLUSIVE: Council at the centre of the Baby P scandal left at least seven more vulnerable children at risk of serious abuse... more

Baby P chief: I wanted to kill myself

07.10.09
NEW: Woman who lost her job as head of Haringey children’s services over the Baby P case was left feeling suicidal and facing financial ruin... more

Balls right to sack Baby P chief, says leader of social workers

06.10.09
Head of the professional body for social workers admits that Ed Balls's decision to order the sacking of Sharon Shoesmith after Baby P's death was 'perfectly legitimate'... more

Haringey 'squanders' £24m on consultants as Baby P suffered

02.09.09
Haringey 'squandered' equivalent of 700 social workers’ salaries as overstretched staff failed to save Baby P... more

Baby P chief: Ministers treated me like Jamie Bulger's killers

01.09.09
Sharon Shoesmith, the Haringey official sacked in wake of Baby P, claims she has been treated as badly by Ministers as James Bulger killers... more

Baby P carers demand payouts

11.08.09
Six carers in the Baby P case who lost their jobs are demanding taxpayers’ money in compensation as the child's killers are revealed at last... more

Haringey is blamed for failure to protect yet another at-risk victim

01.05.09
Haringey council was embroiled in another child protection scandal as details of the girl’s ordeal emerged... more

Sexism claim by sacked Baby P boss has ‘no hope’

16.03.09
Former Haringey children's services director Sharon Shoesmith's claim she was sacked without compensation because she is a woman has been dismissed as nothing more than a “bargaining chip”... more

'Baby P' boss sues Haringey over sacking

09.03.09
Sharon Shoesmith, the social work boss sacked over the death of Baby P, has lodged a claim for unfair dismissal... more

Baby P chief loses appeal against sacking

12.01.09
The former children's services chief who lost her job over the Baby P tragedy lost an appeal against her sacking... more

Baby P chief: My dismissal was illegal

09.01.09
The council chief sacked over the Baby P abuse scandal is claiming ministers acted illegally by firing her... more

No payoff for Baby P boss

06.01.09
WHEN Sharon Shoesmith was ordered out of her job as head of children's services in the borough where Baby P died, the Children's Secretary Ed Balls said: "This kind of failure should not be rewarded with compensation or payoffs."... more

Anger as sacked Baby P chief launches fight for six-figure payout

06.01.09
The shamed head of Haringey's children's services is attempting to win a six-figure payout for being sacked over her handling of the Baby P case... more

How Shoesmith tried to block Baby P probe

11.12.08
Shocking new revelations over the role of disgraced Haringey council chief Sharon Shoesmith in the Baby P scandal have emerged... more

MPs grill Ofsted head on 'glowing report' it gave Shoesmith

10.12.08
Ofsted boss Christine Gilbert faces a grilling over how inspectors could give Sharon Shoesmith a glowing report just weeks after Baby P died... more

Baby P chief's day at Ascot was paid for by builder she backed for £28m contract

10.12.08
The sacked council chief at the centre of the Baby P scandal accepted hospitality from a construction firm she had earlier recommended for a £28 million contract... more

Haringey: the tragic betrayal of another child

09.12.08
Damning new evidence of the incompetence of Haringey child protection services has been revealed... more

£19,000 spent on spin doctor for care chief

08.12.08
Haringey council spent £19,000 on spin doctors hired to rebuild the image of former head of children's services Sharon Shoesmith... more

Baby P: failings that must be fixed

02.12.08
The case of Baby P turns out to have a significance far beyond the individual tragedy of the child’s violent death at the hands of his mother, her boyfriend and her lodger, and raises troubling questions about the quality of child protection in this country... more

Second Baby P case revealed in Haringey

02.12.08
A second child in Haringey has been seriously harmed in another suspected case of abuse, the Standard can reveal... more

Two straight-talking professionals take over with reform top of agenda

02.12.08
Two leading social services professionals have been brought in as troubleshooters to reform Haringey council... more

Sacked: the chief who failed Baby P

01.12.08
The social services chief who refused to quit over Baby P last month has been sacked by Children's Minister Ed Balls... more

Fire Haringey managers and doctors, say social workers

20.11.08
Four out of five social workers are calling for new managers to be brought in at Haringey council following Baby P's death, according to a survey... more

115 families complained about child services after Climbié

14.11.08
Social workers in Haringey have been the subject of 115 complaints to the local government watchdog in the years since the death of Victoria Climbié... more

Haringey issues apology over Baby P

13.11.08
Haringey Council has finally apologised for the catalogue of blunders that left Baby P to die... more

Baby P chief at Ascot

13.11.08
This is Sharon Shoesmith, the beleaguered head of children's services at Haringey council, enjoying herself at Ascot racecourse in the weeks after the death of Baby P... more

Baby P staff could face the sack as watchdog launches new probe

13.11.08
The social workers who failed to save the life of Baby P could lose their jobs after a new probe was launched into the tragedy... more

Shoesmith accused by faith school parents

13.11.08
Sharon Shoesmith is at the centre of controversy over the suspension of a faith school headteacher... more

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