Title
FINANCE
Wrexham faces £2.3m budget gap
By Martin Ford | 19 January 2022
Savings across most services have been outstripped by overspends in social care.
DIGITAL
Narrowing the digital divide
By Andrea Watts | 19 January 2022
Andrea Watts explains how Sefton’s partnership with Digital Advantage delivers innovative work ex...
OFSTED
Ofsted finds 'no improvement' at St Helens
By Martin Ford | 18 January 2022
Children’s services at St Helens MBC have not improved despite an injection of increased funding,...
LEGAL
Scotland to ease cross-border placements
By Martin Ford | 12 January 2022
Holyrood has proposed removing legal hurdles for cross-border placements of children by English c...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
EXCLUSIVE: Councils should consider pressures index similar to NHS
11 January 2022
Local government should look at introducing a pressures index similar to the NHS to measure the r...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Ready for the resolution
By Ann McGauran | 11 January 2022
At the opening of 2022, Ann McGauran and Heather Jameson look at what the coming year may bring –...
SOCIAL CARE
Leadership blamed for 'inadquate' children's services
By Martin Ford | 22 December 2021
‘Instability’ in senior leadership has led to ‘serious failures’ in Bury MBC’s children’s service...
WHITEHALL
Councils warned against 'precautionary' school closures
By Martin Ford | 15 December 2021
The Government has told councils schools should not be closed unless there is a ‘public health em...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Mapping the workforce involved in reducing parental conflict
By Helen Burridge | 15 December 2021
Georgina Atkins and Helen Burridge look at how Walsall Council worked with EIF to map workforce s...
WHITEHALL
Shortcomings revealed in second child murder case
By Chris Mahony | 14 December 2021
A second court case in a month has revealed serious shortcomings in how local agencies responded ...
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