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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The next step for children's services
By Dominic Luscombe | 08 January 2024
Dominic Luscombe asks if the new Data Strategy and Children’s Social Care reform strategy are opp...
FINANCE
Call for MPs' help over 'inadequate' settlement
By Martin Ford | 18 December 2023
Councils are to turn to MPs to make the case to the Government following the announcement of an ‘...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Devo and Christmas ghosts of past, present and future
By Alun Hughes | 14 December 2023
Alun Hughes spins a Christmas story about devolution, with Greg Clark as the ghost of Christmas p...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
No Christmas cheer from Gove the Grinch
By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2023
In a year that Michael Gove handed £1.9bn in departmental underspends back to the Treasury, and t...
FINANCE
One in five councils 'likely' to issue section 114
By Martin Ford | 06 December 2023
Almost one in five councils believe bankruptcy is likely within two years, while doubt hangs over...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Using data to make better decisions for our children
By Debbie Barnes | 04 December 2023
Dominic Luscombe and Debbie Barnes look at how an approach to capturing and tracking children’s n...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Public services out in the cold
By Michael Burton | 27 November 2023
There was little joy for under-pressure public sector budgets including local government from las...
FINANCE
Sector unites in plea to chancellor
By Martin Ford | 22 November 2023
The local government sector in England has put out a call to Jeremy Hunt to ‘address the signific...
WHITEHALL
Devo's the word – so what comes next?
By Heather Jameson | 21 November 2023
Michael Gove’s appearance at the County Councils’ Network conference this week may have been ill-...
FINANCE
Gove hints at Autumn Statement gifts
By Heather Jameson | 21 November 2023
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove hinted Christmas may come early for councils when Jeremy Hunt...
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Team Manager - Child In Need / Child Protection
£49,658 - £56,809 per annum
Are you an experienced social work leader ready to make a lasting difference for children and families? Apply for this job
Shared Planning Lawyer
Up to £68,506 pa
Are you a focused, enthusiastic team player who enjoys a varied and interesting caseload? Apply for this job
Families First Partnership Manager
£58,602 - £62,109
As Families First Partnership Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading Nottingham’s Families First approach Apply for this job
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