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Councils hit by improvement notices
By Martin Ford | 17 November 2023
Oldham MBC and Oxfordshire CC have received improvement notices for their services for children w...
WALES
Cutting through the stigma
By Amanda Hill-Dixon | 08 November 2023
Amanda Hill-Dixon gives her analysis of the findings of a report into poverty and social exclusion.
OFSTED
Lack of capacity hindering early help
By Martin Ford | 07 November 2023
A lack of capacity is hindering early help services for children and families, a joint report by ...
FINANCE
Call for curbs on agency staff
By Martin Ford | 03 November 2023
Curbs on social care agencies have been put forward as solutions to Bradford Council’s soaring st...
FINANCE
One in 10 county councils facing effective bankruptcy
By Ellie Ames | 01 November 2023
England’s county and unitary authorities are ‘running out of road’ to prevent insolvency, with on...
FINANCE
Bradford latest to issue section 114 warning
By Mark Whitehead | 31 October 2023
Bradford City Council has warned it may become the latest to declare an emergency section 114 not...
FINANCE
Councils are heading for the end of the line
By Andrew Blake-Herbert | 30 October 2023
There’s no time to lose. Financial pressure is mounting on councils and, says Andrew Blake-Herber...
WHITEHALL
Children's services 'absolute carnage'
By Mark Whitehead | 30 October 2023
The state of children’s services has been described as ‘absolute carnage’ after years of underfun...
FINANCE
Counties will once again be turning to the chancellor for emergency funding
By Joanna Killian | 30 October 2023
The Association of County Chief Executives will be supporting the County Councils’ Network on put...
WHITEHALL
Child abuse inquiry chair criticises Government response
By Mark Conrad | 23 October 2023
The chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has branded ministers’ respo...
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