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EDUCATION

Education enterprise to be formed by Redbridge

By Martin Ford | 17 May 2019

Redbridge LBC is to form a joint venture with schools in the borough in a bid to generate more in...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

'Significant areas of weakness' found in Stockton's SEND provision

By Martin Ford | 17 May 2019

Watchdogs have criticised the pace of improvements in provision for children with special educati...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Homes England strikes multi-million pound deal with Japanese housebuilder

By Martin Ford | 16 May 2019

Japan’s biggest housebuilder has moved into the UK market after striking a £90m deal with Homes E...

SOCIAL CARE

Birmingham to scrap controversial care service reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 16 May 2019

A long-running industrial dispute between Birmingham City Council and care workers is expected to...

WHITEHALL

Shared Prosperity Fund consultation to start 'very shortly'

By Martin Ford | 15 May 2019

Consultation on the post-Brexit replacement for European structural funding must happen before th...

WHITEHALL

Councils left in dark over youth offending budgets

By Martin Ford | 15 May 2019

Funding uncertainty is undermining councils’ efforts to tackle knife crime and County Lines drug ...

BUSINESS RATES

From jurassic to digital – the evolution of services

By Martin Ford | 15 May 2019

As the new Dorset unitaries get underway, the sea-change in structure is matched by the new wave ...

WHITEHALL

Third of LEPs 'require improvement'

By Martin Ford | 14 May 2019

Almost one in three Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) ‘require improvement’ in their attempts ...

FINANCE

Integration offers chance to invest in prevention

By Martin Ford | 14 May 2019

A new approach to investing in prevention can be achieved through the integration of health and c...

BUSINESS

Survey calls for outsourcing reform

By Martin Ford | 13 May 2019

The construction industry has laid the blame for Carillion’s collapse on its own failings and the...

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