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FINANCE
Power through partnership
By Tom Riordan | 04 July 2023
More than a decade after the Commission on the Future of Local Government, and as we advance towa...
FINANCE
Overspends hit reserves at Blackpool and Dorset
By Martin Ford | 20 June 2023
Blackpool and Dorset have both reported budget overspends for the past financial year.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
We need a national placements strategy
By John Pearce | 19 June 2023
Councils are using non-secure provisions supported by a deprivation of liberty order as necessary...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Starting a new chapter
By Dr Jo Casebourne | 19 June 2023
The aim of Foundations – the new national What Works Centre for Children and Families – is to pro...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
The insourcing outlook
By Ann McGauran | 19 June 2023
What are the benefits of in-house residential social care placements for children and young peopl...
PLANNING
Review uncovers 'gross incompetence' at Renfrewshire
By Martin Ford | 16 June 2023
Renfrewshire Council has been accused of ‘gross incompetence’ by an independent review after leav...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Scrap proposed infrastructure levy, council leaders say
By Mark Whitehead | 16 June 2023
Council leaders and developers have written to local government secretary Michael Gove criticisin...
OFSTED
Ofsted chief apologises after Doncaster abuse and neglect
By Martin Ford | 13 June 2023
Chief inspector Amanda Spielman has apologised after Ofsted failed to uncover ‘very serious’ abus...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Outsourcing children's care linked to worse outcomes
By Mark Whitehead | 30 May 2023
Children in care are being moved between short-term, unstable placements far away from their fami...
WHITEHALL
Morris: Vulnerable youngsters failed by care system
By Rachel Salveta | 24 May 2023
‘Vulnerable young people are being failed’ by the children’s social care system, a former educati...
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