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Supreme Court backs Sharon Shoesmith compensation bid Baby P chief set for £2.5million payout Sacked Baby P boss's legal war could cost the taxpayer £3.5m Sharon Shoesmith begins appeal over Baby P sacking Sharon Shoesmith says social care cuts put more children’s lives at risk As Baby P was being tortured Shoesmith reported 'a good year' 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

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Supreme Court backs Sharon Shoesmith compensation bid

02.08.11
Sharon Shoesmith, the children's services director who failed to save Baby P, is cleared to claim up to £2.5 million in compensation for her sacking... more

Baby Peter: how is it no one took the rap?

27.05.11
Today's court ruling in favour of former Haringey social services director Sharon Shoesmith raises serious questions about public officials' accountability... more

Baby P chief set for £2.5million payout

27.05.11
Baby P boss Sharon Shoesmith was unfairly sacked to appease public outrage over his death - and could now be in line for a £2.5 million payout, judges have ruled... more

'Vindication' for social worker who became most hated woman in the country

27.05.11
Sharon Shoesmith became a figure of hate over the Baby P tragedy ... more

Sacked Baby P boss's legal war could cost the taxpayer £3.5m

29.03.11
Sharon Shoesmith's battle over her sacking after the Baby P tragedy could cost the taxpayer £3.5million, it has emerged... more

Sharon Shoesmith begins appeal over Baby P sacking

28.03.11
Sharon Shoesmith has launched a Court of Appeal battle over her sacking after the Baby P tragedy ... more

Sharon Shoesmith says social care cuts put more children’s lives at risk

07.01.11
More children will die at the hands of their parents because of budget cuts, disgraced former council boss Sharon Shoesmith warned today... more

Police and doctors should share Baby P blame, claims Sharon Shoesmith

09.12.10
Disgraced former council boss sacked over the death of Baby P attacks police and doctors, claiming their role in the scandal had been 'airbrushed' from history... more

Response to Baby P scandal was 'absurd' says Sharon Shoesmith

15.09.10
Sharon Shoesmith launched a vehement defence of her role in the Baby P scandal as she said the response to the case had been 'absurd'... more

Sharon Shoesmith to give advice on child safety

10.09.10
Row erupts over a decision to invite the disgraced former head of social services at the heart of the Baby P scandal to give advice to MPs on child safety... more

Baby P chief blames ‘naive’ MPs for child care collapse

07.07.10
Baby P council chief Sharon Shoesmith blames 'naive' politicians for the surge in the number of children taken into care in the aftermath of the scandal... more

Sacked Baby P chief ‘is retraining as counsellor’

29.04.10
Former boss at Haringey council who was sacked over the Baby P scandal is retraining as a counsellor, it was claimed... more

Sacked Baby P boss Sharon Shoesmith loses legal battle

23.04.10
Shamed Baby P boss Sharon Shoesmith today failed in her High Court bid to prove she was unfairly sacked... more

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

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

£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


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