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By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
In my recent article for Public Servant magazine I speculated that the new ‘joined-up’ Children’s Services departments might have been a contributory factor in the failure to protect Baby P in Haringey. Now it turns out that Children’s Services across the board are the worst performing service in English local government. The Audit Commissions latest […]
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
New NAO study reveals extent of carers contribution and DWPs failure to seek out those not claiming
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
Recently a baby under the protection of social services was abused and killed. It was not the first and will not be the last, but the fact that “Baby P” was visited 60 times by social workers charged with his protection whilst the abuse was going on has caused a scandal.