Sacking Baby P social work boss ‘unjust’

THE former head of children’s services at Haringey Council has been financially ruined after being sacked over the Baby P case and will never work again, her lawyer has told the High Court.

Sacking Baby P social work boss ‘unjust’

Sharon Shoesmith is seeking a judicial review of her dismissal without compensation by Haringey in December after a damning report from government inspectors lambasted the management of the London authority’s child protection services.

The council had acted a week after Schools Secretary Ed Balls removed her from her post.

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