Children's services directors will be sent for compulsory training to make sure they understand the pressures of frontline social work following the death of Baby P it has been announced....

Vulnerable children must not be put at risk by junior social workers Ed Balls has said....

The Children's secretary Ed Balls launched a strong defence of his handling of the Baby P tragedy last night after Haringey's former head of children's services accused him of "breathtaking recklessness" that had left social workers demoralised and put children's safety at risk. Balls dismissed the ...

Sharon Shoesmith the former head of children's services at Haringey Council attacks Government's handling of Baby P affair accusing the Children's Secretary of "breathtaking recklessness"....

Sharon Shoesmith, the children's services chief sacked in the wake of the Baby P tragedy, tonight accused the children's secretary, Ed Balls, of "breathtaking recklessness" in his handling of the affair, claiming his actions had fuelled a blame culture that had left social workers demoralised and pu...

The first Sharon Shoesmith heard of Baby P was when her deputy came into her office on 3 August 2007 and told her a child was dead. This in itself was not unusual – she was informed every time there was a child death in the borough. "So even at the weekends I would sometimes get a message to say t...

A protest campaign has been launched against the "harsh" treatment of the council boss at the heart of the Baby P controversy, with headteachers and social work professionals warning that the fallout from her dismissal could put vulnerable children at risk. Headteachers in the London borough of Hari...

The former children's services chief who lost her job over the Baby P tragedy lost an appeal against her sacking today. A panel of councillors at Haringey council rejected a claim by Sharon Shoesmith that she had been unlawfully dismissed by the authority in December when it sacked her without notic...

Sharon Shoesmith the former children's services chief who lost her job over the Baby P tragedy has lost an appeal against her sacking from Haringey Council....

The Baby P scandal has prompted Children's Secretary Ed Balls to order social services bosses in charge of protecting children to retrain....