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HEALTH

Councils transfer services amid healthcare trust closure

By Martin Ford | 20 March 2019

A healthcare trust running care services across two counties has announced it is likely to close.

EDUCATION

Northamptonshire to request early years budget deadline extension

By Martin Ford | 20 March 2019

Northamptonshire CC is to miss the deadline for setting its early years block budget after U-turn...

FINANCE

Sector unites in call for Troubled Families funding

By Martin Ford | 19 March 2019

The local government sector has urged the Treasury to continue funding the Troubled Families prog...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Inspection endorses Moray children's services leadership

By Martin Ford | 19 March 2019

Confidence has been restored in the leadership of children’s services in Moray, according to a ne...

PLANNING

Brokenshire announces Accelerated Housing Green Paper

By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019

A Green Paper aiming to speed up the planning process will be published later this year, communit...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Dudley chief to join Barnsley

By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019

Sarah Norman is poised to become the new chief executive at Barnsley MBC.

EDUCATION

Surrey parents lose SEND budget legal battle

By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019

Surrey CC has fended off a legal challenge to its budget for children with special educational ne...

BUSINESS

Government shirks Brexit procurement overhaul

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2019

Hopes for an overhaul of procurement rules after Brexit appear to have been dashed.

FINANCE

Birmingham bin dispute cost council £6m

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2019

Birmingham City Council has settled an industrial dispute with refuse workers that has cost the a...

BUSINESS

Outsourcing giant Interserve to go into administration

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2019

One of the public sector’s biggest outsourcing companies, Interserve, will enter administration.

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