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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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