Baby P official: More children will die over cuts

MORE vulnerable children will die at the hands of their “desperate” parents as a result of funding cuts, disgraced former children’s services boss Sharon Shoesmith warned yesterday.

Shoesmith, who lost her job after the Baby P tragedy, suggested that all the “good developments” in social care since then will be undone by a “dreadful” financial situation.

She issued the warning in her first national public speech since her dismissal in 2008.