Former Head of Children's Services at Haringey council has said in interviews to BBC Radio 4 and The Guardian that the governments response to the Baby P case had been "breathtakingly reckless" and she had considered suicide after becoming the victim of a press "witch hunt." Mrs Shoesmith also said in the interviews that she has "shocked" at how the death of Baby P had become a party political issue and that she didn't "think people really understood quite what the potential impact could be,". Ed Balls, Children's secretary, defended himself saying he had "acted responsibly" and "didn't jump in, even though I was pressed to do so," Mr balls said he had waited for the results of an independent report before making his decision but "in the end the director of children's services has to take responsibility,"
Mrs Shoesmith said that the responsibility for the death had given her "many sleepness nights" and added that it was "a local tragedy and a national catastrophe".
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