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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall to increase use of 'external experts' to aid failing children's services
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015
External experts will be increasingly called in to support weak or failing children’s social care...
ROTHERHAM ABUSE
Healey launches libel action against UKIP councillor
By Heather Jameson | 12 January 2015
Former local government minister and The MJ’s columnist, John Healey, has launched legal action a...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Birmingham's Knottenbelt to retire for second time
12 January 2015
Birmingham City Council’s head of adult learning Sue Knottenbelt has retired for the second time ...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Share principles to underpin inspection
By Alan Wood | 09 January 2015
Alan Wood proposes using practice leaders to provide peer challenges if you want to boost confide...
FINANCE
Are children's services the fourth emergency solution?
By Chris Waterman | 09 January 2015
Chris Waterman analyses what the year ahead, either side of the General Election in May, has in s...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
New adult social care director for Leeds
06 January 2015
Cath Roff has been appointed director of adult social care at Leeds City Council.
FINANCE
War of words over Treasury documents
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 January 2015
A war of words has broken out between Labour and Conservative politicians over the cost of opposi...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
'Keep children's social care within the sector'
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014
Children’s services directors have insisted that support for improvement should be sector-owned a...
WHITEHALL
Wilshaw: Council control of schools debate is yesterday's argument
By Dan Peters | 10 December 2014
Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has suggested the debate over whether schools should be under loc...
SOCIAL CARE
Creating better social workers
08 December 2014
A collective call to action has united 15 northern councils to champion the vital role of childre...
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