• The London Evening Standard

    Haringey ‘squanders’ £24m on consultants as Baby P suffered

    by  • September 2, 2009 • News, The London Evening Standard • 0 Comments

    Haringey council “squandered” the equivalent of 700 social workers’ salaries on private consultants while overstretched staff failed to save Baby P, the Standard can reveal. Sharon Shoesmith’s department for children spent £23.8 million on external advisers for the borough’s school renovation programme between 2005 and 2008. The money – four times the recommended level...

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