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Portsmouth no longer taking in asylum seeking children

By Martin Ford | 23 November 2020

The council is providing support to three times its quota of children.

Surge support required for local test and trace

By Martin Ford | 23 November 2020

Council-run test and trace systems cannot entirely replace the national system, the Local Governm...

Watchdog mauls asylum system

By Martin Ford | 20 November 2020

Councils are being given little or no notice when asylum seekers are moved into their areas, a re...

'Challenges' remain despite Brexit funding

By Martin Ford | 20 November 2020

Concerns remain about the looming end of the Brexit transition period despite councils receiving ...

Councils uncovered COVID-19 figures error

By Martin Ford | 19 November 2020

An error in recording the location of COVID-19 cases has been rectified by Public Health England ...

LGA presses to move powers out of London

By Martin Ford | 19 November 2020

Moving powers from the capital to the regions is more important than moving civil servants, the c...

Care staff concerns as demand set to peak

By Martin Ford | 18 November 2020

Concerns have been voiced about staffing levels in children’s services as the COVID-19 second wav...

Government accused of 'political' COVID funding

By Martin Ford | 17 November 2020

Officers at Hampshire CC have accused the Government of awarding funding based on politics rather...

Remove 'adversarial' funding to level up regions

By Martin Ford | 17 November 2020

Removing competition from local authority funding is needed to level up the country, a think-tank...

Tier system to be stronger and more consistent

By Martin Ford | 17 November 2020

A stricter, more consistent tier system of COVID-19 restrictions in England is being looked at wh...