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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Baby P fallout still having impact, committee hears
By Chris Mahony | 26 February 2019
High turnover rates – and the ongoing risk aversion generated by the Baby P case – are exacerbati...
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...
FINANCE
Rotherham scandal continues to hit council finances
By Chris Mahony | 19 February 2019
The aftermath of Rotherham’s child exploitation scandal continues to hit council finances with an...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Worcestershire children's services improve
By Martin Ford | 19 February 2019
Ofsted has found Worcestershire CC has made progress in raising the standards of its children’s s...
CRIME
Council denies 'litany of failures' in Shamima Begum case
By William Eichler | 19 February 2019
Tower Hamlets LBC has denied claims it was responsible for a ‘litany of failures’ leading up to t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils caught in the middle
By Bob Neill | 13 February 2019
Bob Neill says nailing down a robust framework to strengthen scrutiny is an essential part of the...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Hammond must not take the sector for granted
By Michael Burton | 13 February 2019
Chancellor Philip Hammond must ensure local government does not face a crisis similar to those in...
FINANCE
Meeting the needs of looked after children in Oxfordshire
By Lara Patel | 12 February 2019
The use of iMPOWER’s Valuing Care needs measurement approach in Oxfordshire has led to a better a...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Staff turnover holding back Gloucestershire's 'inadequate' children's services
By Martin Ford | 08 February 2019
Gloucestershire CC is ‘making insufficient progress’ in improving its children’s services, accord...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
MPs criticise Whitehall 'complacency' over inadequate children's services
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2019
A top mandarin has been accused of ‘complacency’ by MPs over the time taken to improve children’s...
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Director of Highways and Transport
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- Mayor steps into chief executive row with Reform UK councillors
- Reform pledges to proritise Green councils for immigration detention centres
- Warning over financial risks faced by children's care providers
- Reorganisation: For councils, 'business as usual' matters as we look to the future
- Legal threat over council reorganisation in Hampshire
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