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WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils stretched despite fund boost
By Dan Peters | 27 March 2023
Councils have raised the alarm over their capacity to deliver the Household Support Fund (HSF) as...
BUSINESS
'Significant concerns' over regional care cooperatives
By Martin Ford | 23 March 2023
Regional care cooperatives (RCCs) will not resolve the issues around child care placements, counc...
WHITEHALL
Keegan orders Solihull to improve children's services oversight
By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2023
Education secretary Gillian Keegan has ordered Solihull MBC to improve senior oversight of its ch...
PAY
Budget 2023: The sector does not have the gift of time
By Simon Christian | 17 March 2023
Government was quiet on the challenges facing the public sector including pay, on a Budget day wh...
FINANCE
Call for 'full reset' of children's care
By Martin Ford | 15 March 2023
The Government’s approach to children’s social care will not solve the issues within the system, ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
A focus on early and evidence-based SEND provision
By Halit Hulusi | 10 March 2023
Staffordshire CC is set to launch an enhanced Educational, Health Care Needs Assessment pathway t...
FINANCE
Surge in abuse compensation costs
By Martin Ford | 08 March 2023
Lambeth LBC has increased its capitalisation request to the Government after the costs of its abu...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
International Women's Day: The local cost of barriers to women's paid work
By Ann McGauran | 08 March 2023
New analysis launched on International Women’s Day highlights the impact on regional economies of...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Ofsted offers to inspect UASC hotels
By Mark Conrad | 07 March 2023
Watchdog Ofsted this week offered to inspect hotels being used to house unaccompanied asylum-seek...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Systems need love and money
By Chloe Darlington | 07 March 2023
Love is at the core of a system that cares well for children, but one run on too little money wil...
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