Council 'sorrow' at Baby P's death
The council criticised for failing to save the life of Baby P said that the child's death was a matter of the "deepest sorrow".
The 17-month-old boy died in a blood-spattered cot in August last year despite 60 visits from the authorities over eight months, during which time he suffered more than 50 injuries.
Children's Secretary Ed Balls has ordered an urgent inquiry into child welfare services provided by Haringey Council in north London, the same local authority heavily criticised over the death of Victoria Climbie eight years ago.
Councillor Liz Santry, the council's cabinet member for children and young people, said: "It is a matter of the deepest sorrow that Baby P died in Haringey. Our priority has to be and has always been to safeguard children in our borough and as an authority we were all devastated by the death of this child."
