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Timeline: The shocking events that led to death of Baby P

11.08.09
Timeline: Baby P case These are the key events in the Baby Peter case:... more

Haringey mayor quits 'cash-grabbing' Labour

15.07.09
Labour mayor of the council hit by the Baby P scandal has defected to the Tories... 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

Borough beset by scandals

01.05.09
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Baby P: four sacked without any payoffs

30.04.09
Four social care workers sacked over a string of alleged failures which lead to the death of Baby P will get no compensation pay-offs, it has emerged... more

Borough at centre of Baby P row ranked the worst in London

05.03.09
The council at the centre of the BabyP scandal has been named as the worst in London and the fourth worst in the country... 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

New leader pledges safeguards

10.12.08
Haringey council has elected a new leader after the sackings and resignations of senior figures over the Baby P scandal... 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

Taking the blame: the two Haringey councillors who have quit over toddler’s death

01.12.08
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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

'Whitewash' protests as Baby P councillors hang on to their jobs

25.11.08
Two heavily criticised Haringey councillors involved in the Baby P scandal have survived attempts to remove them from office... more

The rotten borough of Haringey?

21.11.08
The dreadful death of Baby P has brought the wrath of the nation down on one London locality, already notorious for Victoria Climbie. But a leading expert says there are hundreds of other children across London who could suffer the same tragic fate... more

Council leader 'must quit so Haringey can move on'

19.11.08
The leader of Haringey council came under renewed pressure to resign after issuing a belated apology over the death of Baby P... more

'Shameful' council leaders face vote of no confidence

17.11.08
Politicians demanded the resignations of senior Haringey councillors following an emergency meeting to discuss the brutal death of Baby P... more

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