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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Returning powers to Tower Hamlets and Rotherham
By Clive Betts | 31 May 2016
Clive Betts explains a new inquiry into the effectiveness of government interventions in Tower Ha...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Reform calls for missing children system
By Jamie Hailstone | 26 May 2016
A group of MPs has called for a police system for recording missing children to be scrapped becau...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Professor warns of 'climate of suspicion'
By Laura Sharman | 26 May 2016
One in every five children in England are referred to social services due to concerns over abuse ...
FINANCE
Straight talking
By Heather Jameson | 25 May 2016
The recent Queen’s Speech has promised huge implications for the sector. Heather Jameson examines...
HEALTH
Reading the small print
By Mark Rogers | 25 May 2016
Mark Rogers gives his view on the Queen's Speech and considers hints at another devolution drive ...
WHITEHALL
TV probe forces council to announce trust takeover option
By Dan Peters | 25 May 2016
A takeover of Birmingham City Council’s children’s services by a trust was always going to be con...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Oxfordshire faces legal challenge over children's centre cuts
By Heather Jameson | 25 May 2016
Campaigners in Oxfordshire have launched a legal challenge against plans to cut children’s centre...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Queen's Speech 2016: Councils face fresh demands under 'care covenant'
By Thomas Bridge | 18 May 2016
Plans to speed up adoption and raise scrutiny on council support for young people were outlined i...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Queen's Speech 2016: Crack down on extremists working with vulnerable groups
By Laura Sharman | 18 May 2016
Councils will be given the power to stop extremists from working with children or vulnerable peop...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Let's stop this back door manoeuvre towards academisation
By Heather Jameson | 17 May 2016
After local government's lobbying success on academies, Heather Jameson explains why councils and...
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