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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'Significant areas of weakness' found in Stockton's SEND provision
By Martin Ford | 17 May 2019
Watchdogs have criticised the pace of improvements in provision for children with special educati...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
MPs criticise council chiefs for 'stonewalling' select committee
By Martin Ford | 08 May 2019
The chief executives of two councils have been accused of showing a ‘lack of leadership’ for not ...
EDUCATION
Special needs provision in schools cut by over £1bn
By William Eichler | 16 April 2019
Children and young people who have special educational needs and disabilities have lost out on £1...
EDUCATION
Strike threat lifted after COSLA agrees to raise teachers' pay
By Martin Ford | 29 March 2019
The possibility of strike action by teachers has been averted after Scotland’s council leaders ba...
EDUCATION
Northamptonshire to request early years budget deadline extension
By Martin Ford | 20 March 2019
Northamptonshire CC is to miss the deadline for setting its early years block budget after U-turn...
EDUCATION
Surrey parents lose SEND budget legal battle
By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019
Surrey CC has fended off a legal challenge to its budget for children with special educational ne...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Worcestershire to transfer education services to company
By Martin Ford | 08 March 2019
Worcestershire CC is expected to give the green light to widen the scope of its children’s servic...
FINANCE
Nottinghamshire to lobby Government on SEND funding
By Martin Ford | 22 February 2019
Nottinghamshire CC is to take ‘significant concerns’ over funding for children with Special Educa...
EDUCATION
Chiefs defend councils' role in SEND provision
By Martin Ford | 12 February 2019
Chief executives have defended councils’ roles in special educational needs and disabilities (SEN...
SOCIAL CARE
Let's move away from these short-term patches to funding
By John O’ Brien | 23 January 2019
The decision in the provisional local government finance settlement to allocate the social care s...
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Director of Highways and Transport
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- Mayor steps into chief executive row with Reform UK councillors
- Reform pledges to proritise Green councils for immigration detention centres
- Warning over financial risks faced by children's care providers
- Reorganisation: For councils, 'business as usual' matters as we look to the future
- Legal threat over council reorganisation in Hampshire
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