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OFSTED
Improvement notice for South Tyneside
By Martin Ford | 10 July 2023
An improvement notice has been issued to South Tyneside MBC following a damning Ofsted inspection.
ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES
'Not acceptable' to treat age disputed young people as spontaneous arrivals
06 July 2023
It is ‘simply not acceptable’ that age disputed young people from asylum hotels are treated as sp...
IMMIGRATION
Kent launches legal action over asylum-seeking children
By Ellie Ames | 06 July 2023
Kent CC has issued a claim for judicial review against the home secretary, asking her to direct o...
FINANCE
Increased referrals causing children's services overspend
By Ellie Ames | 06 July 2023
Four in five of England’s largest councils overspent on their children’s services budget last yea...
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION
ADCS head calls for local funding model for children's mental health
By Ann McGauran | 05 July 2023
The head of England’s children’s services chiefs has called for a new place-based funding model f...
SOCIAL CARE
We need creative solutions for all our children
By Ann McGauran | 04 July 2023
Ann McGauran sets the scene ahead of this week’s Association of Directors of Children’s Services ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Complaints: heed the warnings
By Richard Blakeway | 04 July 2023
Housing ombudsman and Local Government Association conference speaker Richard Blakeway offers key...
FINANCE
Nine in 10 councils fear nursery closures
By Dan Peters | 04 July 2023
Nearly nine in 10 councils fear nursery closures this year will undermine capacity ahead of the G...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Optimistic nihilism
By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 July 2023
It feels like local government is close to breaking point, but it doesn’t have to be this way, sa...
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...
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