Read about the scandal involving the death of Baby P and the failures by Haringey Council and others which contributed to it.
At the time, there was stringent criticism from a vocal minority expressed online (such as in the comments thread on this site) of the court’s decision to keep secret the names of the adults involved in the Baby Peter case.
Now we know for sure the reasons:
There were two reasons behind the veil of secrecy. The … Read the full post »
Bit of a legal blunder at the Daily Telegraph website today, with a story appearing about the sentences handed down following the death of Baby Peter. One problem: the story includes just under a big photograph, “PLEASE LEGAL (esp, can I say Baby P’s killer?)”: The answer, by the way, I think is “no” as … Read the full post »
A quick quiz for you. One of the Haringey local newspapers, The Hornsey Journal, had this story on 14 May:
Under fire councillors opt to take pay freeze
The recession is about to hit councillors in the pocket, after both Haringey Labour and Liberal Democrat parties decided NOT to take a pay rise …
Councillor Claire Kober, Leader … Read the full post »
The awful news about the second case of child abuse involving someone Haringey Council was meant to be protecting has rather pushed to one side the publication of the second Serious Case Review into Baby P’s death. … Read the full post »
It’s not often that you sit down to watch a film first released a quarter of a century ago and feels like you are watching one that could have been released yesterday, but such was my experience with Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. … Read the full post »
Haringey chief executive Ita O’Donovan has held senior positions at three councils that were condemned for failing children so seriously that the Government was forced to intervene. … Read the full post »
This morning’s newspapers brought the news that the head of Ofsted is accusing Haringey Council of misleading her inspectors. … Read the full post »
“The reliance on national and local performance indicators is too great and does not enable understanding of the quality and effectiveness of service provision on the ground.” … Read the full post »
The attitude of David Lammy MP towards evidence of problems with Haringey’s children’s services has been coming under increasing scrutiny. … Read the full post »
Haringey Council Chief Executive Ita O’Donovan turns out to have held a senior post at three different councils where the children’s services were so poor that the Government had to intervene directly. … Read the full post »