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More vulnerable children will die at the hands of their parents because of funding cuts, the disgraced former children's services boss Sharon Shoesmith has warned. | More vulnerable children will die at the hands of their parents because of funding cuts, the disgraced former children's services boss Sharon Shoesmith has warned. |
The former head of Haringey children's services lost her job after the Baby P tragedy. | The former head of Haringey children's services lost her job after the Baby P tragedy. |
She said the "good developments" in social care since then would be undone by a "dreadful" financial situation. | She said the "good developments" in social care since then would be undone by a "dreadful" financial situation. |
The government has not yet commented on the claims. | The government has not yet commented on the claims. |
Ms Shoesmith, who was removed from her post after a damning Ofsted report into Haringey children's services failings in the Baby P case, issued the warning at a conference in Blackpool. | |
'Desperate parents' | 'Desperate parents' |
"All of these good developments we've had and now we've got this dreadful financial situation, this dreadful financial settlement," she said. | "All of these good developments we've had and now we've got this dreadful financial situation, this dreadful financial settlement," she said. |
"Child poverty will rise and I don't think there's any doubt about that. I think everyone now expects that these cuts are going to hit hard on vulnerable children. | "Child poverty will rise and I don't think there's any doubt about that. I think everyone now expects that these cuts are going to hit hard on vulnerable children. |
"Yes, child poverty will rise, but if we stop measuring it how will we know? | "Yes, child poverty will rise, but if we stop measuring it how will we know? |
"It all does translate into higher risk for children, the risk of more children dying at the hands of their desperate parents." | "It all does translate into higher risk for children, the risk of more children dying at the hands of their desperate parents." |
She is not the first to warn that children's services could be hit hard by the cuts to local authority budgets. | She is not the first to warn that children's services could be hit hard by the cuts to local authority budgets. |
The Local Government Association and children's charities have also warned over the savings | The Local Government Association and children's charities have also warned over the savings |
But Ms Shoesmith cited the review into social care and the scrapping of many quangos - which she dubbed an "hallelujah moment" - as examples of positive changes. | But Ms Shoesmith cited the review into social care and the scrapping of many quangos - which she dubbed an "hallelujah moment" - as examples of positive changes. |
She also told the North of England Education Conference she was still struggling to live with the death of Peter Connelly more than three years after he died. | She also told the North of England Education Conference she was still struggling to live with the death of Peter Connelly more than three years after he died. |
The boy's mother, her boyfriend and their lodger were convicted of causing the death of the boy. | The boy's mother, her boyfriend and their lodger were convicted of causing the death of the boy. |
She said: "The murder of Peter Connelly when I was director of children's services in Haringey is something I struggle to live with every day, as do the social workers who knew him. | She said: "The murder of Peter Connelly when I was director of children's services in Haringey is something I struggle to live with every day, as do the social workers who knew him. |
"There was never any doubt about how sorry and distressed we were by his brutal murder." | "There was never any doubt about how sorry and distressed we were by his brutal murder." |
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