Ten years on from Baby P's death, social workers are still scapegoats | Ray Jones

In 2007 social services were blamed for missing abuse while police and NHS failings were brushed under the carpet. Here’s what has happened since

• Ray Jones is the author of The Story of Baby P: Setting the Record Straight

It is 10 years since Peter Connelly – known as Baby P – died, aged 17 months, following weeks of neglect and abuse. His mother, Tracey Connelly, along with her boyfriend, Stephen Barker, and Jason Owen, Barker’s brother, were each convicted of “causing or allowing” Peter’s death – it remains unclear who actually killed him.

It was shortly after this that the Sun newspaper launched a “campaign for justice” targeted largely at social workers and their managers. Under the headline Blood on Their Hands, the paper demanded that those involved in children’s services in the north London borough where Peter lived all lose their jobs. This demand was fulfilled by Ed Balls, then children’s secretary of state for children, schools and families, and Haringey council.

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