Government Needs Secrecy but the Public Needs Whistleblowers

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Nevres Kemal is the social worker in the north London borough of Haringey who raised the alarm about failings in the council's child protection system in early 2007, several months before the death of Baby P. For her bravery and compassion she was dismissed from her job and served with an injunction preventing her from speaking publicly of her concerns. Christopher Galley is the Home Office civil servant who leaked details of mismanagement within the department to the Conservative immigration spokesman and MP for Ashford, Damian Green.

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Government Needs Secrecy but the Public Needs Whistleblowers

This has been the week of the whistleblowers. Nevres Kemal is the social worker in the north London borough of Haringey who raised the alarm about failings in the council's child protection system in early 2007, several ...

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