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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Can SIBs still make an impact?
By Dan Peters | 28 May 2019
Essex’s five-year experiment with a social impact bond (SIB) has concluded, with conflicting pers...
WHITEHALL
Trafford handed improvement notice
By Martin Ford | 28 May 2019
The Government has ordered Trafford MBC to improve its inadequate children’s care within 15 months.
CRIME
LGA decries youth offending budget cut
By Martin Ford | 24 May 2019
Government funding to prevent young people entering a life of crime has reduced, sparking disappo...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'Lessons learnt' from Essex social impact bond
By Dan Peters | 24 May 2019
Investors behind the first council social impact bond (SIB) in the world have said what has been ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'Slow progress' two years after inadequate judgement
By Dan Peters | 24 May 2019
Gloucestershire CC is making ‘slow progress’ in improving its services for its children and young...
EDUCATION
Council schools more likely to retain good ratings - LGA
By Martin Ford | 22 May 2019
Local authority schools are more likely to retain a good or outstanding Ofsted rating than those ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The biggest challenge in local government
By Heather Jameson | 22 May 2019
Last week, James Brokenshire announced the reorganisation of Northamptonshire CC – a year later t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
West Sussex's sugar reduction success
By Anna Raleigh | 20 May 2019
West Sussex CC has managed to cut the amount of sugar used in school dinners by almost 75% in fou...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Hull commits £2m to improve 'inadequate' children's services
By William Eichler | 20 May 2019
Hull City Council has promised to ‘accelerate’ its improvement plans and invest an extra £2m into...
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...
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£153,592 - £168,952
Local government in Surrey is being reshaped for the first time in more than 50 years. Apply for this job
- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
- Code at the centre of cyber alert seen on more than 40% of UK council websites surveyed
- Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
- Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
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