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OFSTED
Medway given six months to turn around children's services
By Martin Ford | 14 January 2020
Medway Council could lose control of its children’s services unless it improves standards within ...
CRIME
Councils urged to improve information sharing
By Mark Conrad | 13 January 2020
Local authorities have been urged to improve information sharing following two serious case revie...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Government: Commissioner no longer needs to oversee Wakefield children's services
By Dan Peters | 10 January 2020
The Government has agreed that a commissioner no longer needs to oversee Wakefield Council’s chil...
EDUCATION
Sutton set to take full ownership of outsourced education company
By Martin Ford | 09 January 2020
An independent report has found that the company had ‘moved away’ from the council’s ‘ambitions a...
FINANCE
Councils are faring well on finance
By Heather Jameson | 09 January 2020
Last month, CIPFA published its resilience index tool – and the picture for local government is b...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
LGA calls for seat at table in children's care review
By Martin Ford | 08 January 2020
The Local Government Association (LGA) is pressing for close involvement in the Government’s pled...
FINANCE
Family Hubs – a manifesto promise that could be the future of public services
06 January 2020
For Family Hubs to work they will need two things – freedom and funding – and they need to be all...
ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES
Councils defend out of area placements
By Martin Ford | 24 December 2019
The children’s commissioner has called for a national review of the care system as four in 10 chi...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Ofsted finds children 'still at risk' in North East Lincolnshire
By Martin Ford | 23 December 2019
The council has been warned by the watchdog it is not doing enough to improve children’s services.
EDUCATION
Bristol is the first city worldwide to adopt a Period-Friendly Places model
By Cllr Helen Godwin | 20 December 2019
Cllr Helen Godwin explains how Bristol is tackling the issue of period poverty - becoming the wor...
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You’ll have a rare opportunity to influence how an entire council uses its assets Apply for this job
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The scale of growth and regeneration across the city means you’ll work on a diverse portfolio of infrastructure projects Apply for this job
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