A LIVERPOOL social worker emerged as one of the front runners in the race to become the next Labour parliamentary hopeful for Wavertree.

Government inspectors have become part of New Labour’s vast machine for manufacturing ‘fake success’, says Andrew Gilligan.
 

A senior social worker who blew the whistle on the Baby P scandal is suing Haringey council for victimisation.

The director of Salford children’s services department which admitted failings in the protection of a murdered toddler has been sacked for gross misconduct, it emerged today.

The mother of a schoolboy fatally stabbed in the chest while playing football said authorities should have seen the “warning signs” surrounding her son’s killer.

DONCASTER Council has turned to Greater Manchester to find the man whose job will be to secure the safety of children in the borough.