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FINANCE
National children's placement strategy required to remove 'profiteering'
By Ann McGauran | 13 December 2023
The president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services has called for a national pl...
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...
PLANNING
The prospect of a decent settlement has since been dashed
By Tracy Bingham | 13 December 2023
Most councils will have to make full use of the limited capacity within the council tax referendu...
FINANCE
One in four Scottish councils have doubts over budgets
By Martin Ford | 12 December 2023
One in four Scottish councils fear they will be unable to balance their 2024-25 budgets, a new Lo...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Eliminating legacy: empowering public sector HR, finance, and payroll
By Anton Roe | 12 December 2023
With impending regulation and public sector bodies razor focused on cost-cutting, integrating and...
FINANCE
The dire state of local government finances risks undermining devolution
By Zoe Billingham | 12 December 2023
'Failing to put local government finances on a sustainable footing could undermine the progress b...
ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES
Remove the risk from large private providers
By John Pearce | 11 December 2023
Local authorities are the sole purchasers of children’s care placements, yet are often held to ra...
FINANCE
Demand more by demanding different
By Nick Parker | 11 December 2023
Nick Parker of Capita says: there is hope in the adult social care system – 'it may appear broken...
FINANCE
How bad does it have to get?
By John Sellgren | 11 December 2023
The current situation of financial failure shows just how pressing the case for reform of local g...
FINANCE
Innovating in impossible times
By Martin Ford | 11 December 2023
The spectre of a section 114 notice looms over several councils, but one of the first to warn it ...
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