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FINANCE
Medway calls for help to close £12m budget gap
By Martin Ford | 25 August 2022
Medway Council has demanded Government gets a grip on funding children’s services as it faces a b...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils offered £6,000 to house asylum-seeking children
By William Eichler | 25 August 2022
Councils offered thousands of pounds in an effort to transfer unaccompanied asylum-seeking childr...
FINANCE
Fixing a very broken market
By Laura Power-Wharton | 17 August 2022
Laura Power-Wharton looks at the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care recommendations to ...
EDUCATION
Keeping young people with SEN safe online
By Cllr Anita Cranmer | 17 August 2022
Buckinghamshire Council joined forces to create an educational game that teaches children and you...
HEALTH
Council leaders blast Government over 'sugar levy'
By William Eichler | 12 August 2022
Council leaders have urged the Government to stick to its pledge to reinvest money raised from th...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Supporting young people into good work
By Dan Jones | 08 August 2022
Dan Jones explains how the new £16m Connected Futures programme is funding partnerships that put ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Bridging the SEND gap
By Cllr Ian Edwards | 08 August 2022
Cllr Ian Edwards at London Councils welcomes the new SEND Green Paper, but he says challenges rem...
EDUCATION
How many hats?
By Martin Samuels | 03 August 2022
Martin Samuels considers the advantages of having one director combining the children’s services ...
RECRUITMENT
Social workers raise grievance with Leeds
By Martin Ford | 29 July 2022
Members of the Unison trade union lodged a grievance relating to caseloads, pay and benefits.
RECRUITMENT
Ofsted calls for social care workforce strategy
By Martin Ford | 27 July 2022
The watchdog the need is ‘more urgent than ever’ as it published a report looking at the ongoing ...
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