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Council says 'more to be done' after SEND improvements
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Council says 'more to be done' after SEND improvements

By Lee Peart | 05 January 2026

Hertfordshire CC has said there is still ‘more to be done’ after an inspection report noted improvements in special educational needs and disability (SEND) services.

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INTERVENTION

Strikes 'delaying' Birmingham's financial recovery

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SOCIAL CARE

The cost of improvement in children's social care

By William Burns | 02 December 2025

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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Review finds council failures ahead of Sara Sharif murder

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Cuts expected after LGA overhaul

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POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m

By Joe Lepper | 12 November 2025

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GRENFELL

Failures continue at Grenfell council, peers find

By Joe Lepper | 11 November 2025

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POLICY AND POLITICS

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By Dan Peters | 30 October 2025

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FINANCE

Peer warning over Redbridge finances

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Redbridge LBC will be forced to seek exceptional financial support (EFS), a review has warned.

WORKFORCE

Kerswell hands in resignation

By Dan Peters | 17 October 2025

Croydon LBC chief executive Katherine Kerswell has handed in her resignation five years after joi...

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