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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

A system 'that's failing children and young people'

By Ann McGauran | 02 April 2019

What lies behind the upward trend in the number of youngsters being moved to live a long way from...

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

It's time to act on child poverty

By Stuart Gallimore | 06 March 2019

We are one of the richest countries in the world, yet poverty levels are rising. Councils must ac...

FINANCE

Charities find children's 'cuts hotspots'

By Chris Mahony | 26 February 2019

Per capita funding for children’s services has fallen by more than 30% since 2010, with London bo...

EDUCATION

Chiefs defend councils' role in SEND provision

By Martin Ford | 12 February 2019

Chief executives have defended councils’ roles in special educational needs and disabilities (SEN...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Auditors bid to explain real cause of difference in councils' spend on kids

By Chris Mahony | 23 January 2019

A nine-fold variation in spending on children’s social care could largely be down to ‘differences...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Warnings of 'bun fights' and help offered to Hancock at conference

By Martin Ford | 14 November 2018

Funding woes dominated the opening speeches of the National Children and Adults Services conferen...

WHITEHALL

Troubled Families funding could be extended beyond 2020

By Martin Ford | 14 November 2018

Funding for the Troubled Families programme could continue beyond 2020 after it was found three-q...

FINANCE

Kid's care on a cliff edge

By Martin Ford | 13 November 2018

Following a report by ADCS that initial contacts made to children’s social care have increased by...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Three quarters of English councils to cut early help for children

By Martin Ford | 07 November 2018

Early help services for children will be cut or reduced by almost three quarters of English counc...

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Director of Transport

£112,924

Premium jobEast Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) is on a bold journey. Apply for this job

East Midlands Combined County Authority

Group Lawyer Manager (Contracts and Commercial) - WMF2156e

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Westmorland and Furness Council

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