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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
No quick fix as challenges grow
By Ann McGauran | 04 December 2023
Ann McGauran reflects on last week’s NCAS conference, where the general mood was of determination...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Under pressure
By Greg Clark | 04 December 2023
Pressures are increasing in every local authority he speaks to, but with the need to bear down on...
NATIONAL CHILDREN AND ADULT SERVICES CONFERENCE
NCASC: 'Watch this space' on spiralling cost of children's placements
By Ann McGauran | 30 November 2023
The sector should ‘watch this space’ for an announcement from the Government on the spiralling co...
FINANCE
Surge in costly care placements
By Martin Ford | 29 November 2023
The number of children’s care placements costing £10,000 or more per week has soared by more than...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
NCASC: Government must make 'some difficult decisions' on children's services
By Ann McGauran | 29 November 2023
The Government must make ‘some difficult decisions’ if it is ‘not able or willing’ to provide fun...
FINANCE
MPs warn services on 'knife edge'
By William Eichler | 28 November 2023
MPs have warned key services are on a ‘knife edge’ due to the poor financial health of councils i...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Partnerships will unlock potential of Oxfordshire's children
By Cllr John Howson | 28 November 2023
Children and young people are at the heart of Oxfordshire’s partnership approach – a shared visio...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Who wouldn't want to be a DCS?
By Jane Parfrement | 27 November 2023
As directors of children’s services gather at the National Children and Adult Services Conference...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Autumn Statement: not what it says on the tin
By Kate Ogden | 24 November 2023
Kate Ogden says it seems likely either taxes will have to rise further, borrowing will have to ri...
HOUSING
DLUHC defends homelessness monitoring
By Martin Ford | 23 November 2023
Mandarins have denied they do not have a clear picture of homelessness levels among Ukrainian ref...
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