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OFSTED

Commissioner appointed to oversee council's inadequate children's services

By William Eichler | 27 August 2019

The Government has appointed a commissioner to improve Medway Council’s children’s services after...

FINANCE

£800m overspend on children's social care

By Dan Peters | 27 August 2019

Severe funding shortages and huge demand pressures mean councils were forced to overspend on thei...

NEW LOCAL

The crisis in violent youth crime: evidence from local government

By Trinley Walker | 21 August 2019

Trinley Walker says that on violent youth crime, the results of the New Local Government Network’...

FINANCE

Crime-fighting funds in scarce supply - survey

By Dan Peters | 21 August 2019

Three out of four UK council chief executives and leaders do not have access to enough funding to...

HEALTH

Everyday Britain's silent crisis in care

By Ben Page | 20 August 2019

Ben Page says that while Britain is bothering about Brexit and more this summer, hardly anyone is...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Promising findings from social work pilots

By Naomi Larsson | 19 August 2019

Devolving budgets to frontline workers to directly support families could reduce the likelihood o...

EDUCATION

The Prime Minister must fix the Special Educational Needs funding system

By Robert Pollock | 16 August 2019

The system of ‘misaligned incentives’ for Special Educational Needs, with local government as the...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Co-designing the West Midlands' future democracy with young people

By Brigid Jones | 14 August 2019

Cllr Brigid Jones says this week - which includes International Youth Day - is a fitting time to ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Star pupils

14 August 2019

The lyrics to Swinging on a Star were reportedly penned after crooner Bing Crosby made a quip to ...

UNIONS

Council considers job cuts to fund children's services

By William Eichler | 13 August 2019

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is considering cutting 248 jobs to help fund a £5.5m cash boost for c...

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Executive Director – Community Health, Wellbeing & Prevention (DASS)

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Southampton City Council

Principal Lawyer - Contracts and Commercial

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Kirklees Metropolitan Council