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ELECTIONS

Tories expect to lose 1,000 seats

By Martin Ford | 17 April 2023

The Conservatives are braced to lose 1,000 council seats in next month’s local elections.

PLANNING

Planning officers 'unsupported' following reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 14 April 2023

A lack of preparation during reorganisation left West Northamptonshire Council’s planning departm...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Social care assessments will not be 'scary'

By Martin Ford | 14 April 2023

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told councils ‘we aren’t as scary as people thought we were...

HUMAN RESOURCES

'Groundbreaking' shared service cut back

By Martin Ford | 14 April 2023

A once-groundbreaking shared service is to be further pared down as more functions are brought in...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

County recruits London borough chief

By Martin Ford | 13 April 2023

Staffordshire CC has announced the appointment of Pat Flaherty as its next chief executive.

FINANCE

'Significant doubt' over future of council-owned firm

By Martin Ford | 12 April 2023

An auditor has said ‘significant doubt’ hangs over the future of Knowsley MBC’s leisure firm.

WHITEHALL

Scale of exploitation of refugees unrecorded

By Martin Ford | 11 April 2023

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has no figures tracking the scal...

OFSTED

Kent receives improvement notice for SEND failings

By Martin Ford | 06 April 2023

An improvement notice has been issued to Kent CC after it failed to turn around its special educa...

HEALTH

'Action needed now' to safeguard Integration Joint Boards

By Martin Ford | 06 April 2023

A report published today by the Accounts Commission on IJBs during 2021-22 found ‘efficiency and ...

SOCIAL CARE

Hewitt Review calls for social care to be 'national priority'

By Martin Ford | 04 April 2023

The former health secretary's report on Integrated Care Systems called for further funding and a ...

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