‘Immediately after Tony Blair appointed Margaret Hodge as the new Minister for Children in his recent reshuffle, phones started ringing among former social workers who had once worked under her. “It’s like putting the fox in charge of the chickens,” one commented in disgust. “A sick joke,” remarked another. These social workers couldn’t help recalling … Continue reading “Putting Margaret Hodge in charge of children was like putting a fox in charge of a chicken coup”