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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Councils to 'pick up pieces' after charity closure

By Dan Peters | 06 August 2015

Councils will be there to ‘pick up the pieces’ after the announcement that charity Kids Company w...

HEALTH

Local government is in the employment driving seat

By Aaron Henricksen | 05 August 2015

Serco’s Aaron Henricksen looks at theimportance of local delivery as welfare reform takes centre ...

FINANCE

Future destinies

By Michael Burton | 05 August 2015

Decentralisation, devolution and powerhouses are the words du jour but will they deliver the outc...

HEALTH

West Midlands in positive mood as devo plans take shape

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2015

The September devolution deal deadline has ‘really focused minds’ in the West Midlands as the reg...

FINANCE

Why not London?

By Gareth Thomas | 04 August 2015

London council leaders need to demand a referendum to confirm Londoners’ consent for a radical de...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Skills minister introduces council scorecards

By MJ reporter | 27 July 2015

Councils will now be able to see how well they are getting young people into education, employmen...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Whitfield appointed to fast-track improvements

By Tom Bridge | 21 July 2015

A top children’s services boss has been appointed to ensure improvement takes place at Sunderland...

FINANCE

Councils 'turning their backs' on care leavers

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 July 2015

The chair of an influential parliamentary committee has accused some councils of ‘turning their b...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Ofsted chief highlights 'serious safeguarding issue'

By Mark Whitehead | 15 July 2015

Children are going missing from schools in Birmingham and Tower Hamlets without any record of the...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

LGO warns of 'accountability risk'

By Dan Peters | 15 July 2015

Greater co-operation between council and health bodies risks ‘blurring the lines of accountabilit...