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EDUCATION

Rogers blows whistle on policies

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has urged other councils to check their whistleblowing ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall to increase use of 'external experts' to aid failing children's services

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

External experts will be increasingly called in to support weak or failing children’s social care...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Birmingham's Knottenbelt to retire for second time

12 January 2015

Birmingham City Council’s head of adult learning Sue Knottenbelt has retired for the second time ...

FINANCE

Are children's services the fourth emergency solution?

By Chris Waterman | 09 January 2015

Chris Waterman analyses what the year ahead, either side of the General Election in May, has in s...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Plans to create pool of external experts

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Government moves away from sector-led improvement in children’s services have been criticised day...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Public safety is top concern for whistleblowers

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

The proportion of concerns about public safety in local government dealt with by a whistleblowing...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

New adult social care director for Leeds

06 January 2015

Cath Roff has been appointed director of adult social care at Leeds City Council.

FINANCE

Miliband pledges to end a 'century of centralisation'

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 January 2015

Labour leader Ed Miliband reiterated his promise to devolve powers, as part of a major speech out...

BUSINESS

Retrenchment would be the worst thing councils could do

By Andrew Jepp | 23 December 2014

Funding cuts continue to dominate the local council agenda and last week’s announcement of 2015/1...

BUSINESS

Council staffing continues to decline but NHS increases

By Michael Burton | 17 December 2014

The number of local government employees has fallen by 33,000 since last year while NHS staff num...

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