CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The next steps

By Cllr Lisa Evans | 20 August 2024

Cllr Lisa Evans explains how care-experienced young people are already seeing the benefits of Sto...

PARTNERSHIPS

The case for partnerships

By Chris Luck | 16 August 2024

Partnerships, not profiteering, are the future for commissioning great children’s services, says ...

ASYLUM

Councils to be hit by asylum backlog fallout

By Martin Ford | 15 August 2024

Councils are expected to come under increased pressure as work begins to clear the asylum backlog.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Cheshire East served with improvement notice

By Martin Ford | 13 August 2024

The Government has issued an improvement notice to Cheshire East Council’s children’s services.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Build on the political will

By Andy Smith | 30 July 2024

ADCS president Andy Smith promises no simple solutions, but is positive about the prospects of im...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Some reel difference-makers

By John Cooper | 26 July 2024

Dozens of local authorities are investing modest sums in a fostering film project that could pote...

ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES

Call for 'cross-government plan for childhood'

By Martin Ford | 12 July 2024

The new Government’s approach to child poverty ‘doesn’t go far enough’, the president of the Asso...

FINANCE

Avoiding the iceberg

By David Phillips | 18 June 2024

David Phillips suggests steps the next government and councils should take to alleviate the secto...

LEGAL

Inquiry call over asylum hotel use

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2024

A charity has called for a statutory independent inquiry into the use of hotels for unaccompanied...

EDUCATION

Councils looking after record 576,000 children with SEND

By William Eichler | 13 June 2024

Councils are looking after record numbers of children and young people with special educational n...

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