Councils must be given urgent new powers to control the intake of academies and free schools, loc...
West Berkshire Council is investing £600,000 in new staff and extra training as part of a plan to...
The head of the intervention team sent in to turn around Rotherham MBC hopes to hand back ‘some o...
Adam Fineberg argues the case for local authorities being the chief source of local public expend...
Claire Fox examines the collapse of Kids Company and its impact on councils.
The Government will commission work to find out more about children’s services demand and expendi...
The closure of two important children’s charities raises questions about the voluntary sector and...
Councils could face a £25m bill for looking after children left without care following the collap...
The quality of care in children’s homes has fallen and will be the focus for renewed monitoring, ...
Plans for new joint targeted area inspections (JTAI) for children’s services would ‘represent a s...
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