Ed Balls the Children's Secretary has announced a £58 million sixpoint plan to "transform" social services in the wake of the Baby P scandal.

Ed Balls, the children's secretary, yesterday ducked the key issue of whether child protection services were adequately funded, as he gave the government's response to the Baby P abuse scandal. Although he committed £58m to plans for recruiting more top-quality social workers in England, Balls did not respond to a proposal that child protection should get a ring-fenced budget that ...

The Conservatives last night moved to embarrass Ed Balls, the children's secretary, over the fallout from the Baby P scandal by pledging to publish for the first time a serious case review into the death of a child under social services care. The action, announced by Tim Loughton, the shadow children's minister, sets a precedent for serious case reviews into child abuse, which are tradit...

Ed Balls outlines six-point plan to improve services in response to Lord Laming's damning report into the death of Baby P The government announced a £58m plan today to "transform" social services in the wake of the Baby P scandal. The children's secretary, Ed Balls, outlined a six-point plan to improve services in response to Lord Laming's independent report, which accused loc...

The children's services chief sacked over the Baby P scandal has attacked Government minister Ed Balls - accusing him of "breathtaking recklessness".

Children's services directors were today urged to pump money into early intervention projects in schools to ensure all children and young people reach their potential. The children's secretary, Ed Balls, told directors of children's services: "The future of young children is in all of your hands." Speaking at the children's and adults social care conference in Liverpool today, ...

The children's services chief sacked over the Baby P scandal is appealing against her dismissal, it has emerged.

The QCA [Quality (!) and Curriculum Authority] has scrapped its assessment branch after the SATS scandal. Maybe we should scrap DCFS [Department of Children, Families and Schools] too, which is not fit for purpose, especially after the Baby P scandal, and with it the dreadful Ed Balls.       

Labour's Children's Secretary Ed Balls has called on the Conservative Party to drop their plans to cut the budget for children's services by £300m from April and to support the ContactPoint database which was a key recommendation of the Victoria Climbie inquiry. Ed Balls MP, Labour's Children's Secretary, speaking ahead of an opposition day debate on child protec...

A review of children's services following the death of a 17-month old who suffered severe abuse will consider the independence of local children's safeguarding boards, Ed Balls has said.