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FINANCE

Increased referrals causing children's services overspend

By Ellie Ames | 06 July 2023

Four in five of England’s largest councils overspent on their children’s services budget last yea...

HEALTH

Food insecurity: what can councils do?

By Bethan Page | 06 July 2023

Louise Marshall and Bethan Page summarise five key recommendations from a new briefing paper on h...

DEVOLUTION

Areas without devolution deals 'risk being left behind'

By Martin Ford | 05 July 2023

Areas that have yet to begin work on devolution deals risk being left behind, an expert in the fi...

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION

ADCS head calls for local funding model for children's mental health

By Ann McGauran | 05 July 2023

The head of England’s children’s services chiefs has called for a new place-based funding model f...

FINANCE

Fears more councils will issue section 114 notices

By Martin Ford | 05 July 2023

More councils could be heading for section 114 notices due to risky financial practices, experts ...

FINANCE

The IMPOWER Annual Impact Report

By Sean Hansen – Chief Executive, IMPOWER Consulting | 04 July 2023

IMPOWER's first annual impact report highlighting the results achieved across different projects ...

FINANCE

A week in the life of a section 151 officer

By Tracie Langley | 04 July 2023

Tracie Langley has had a technically challenging and fulfilling week, 'but I am feeling the full ...

SOCIAL CARE

We need creative solutions for all our children

By Ann McGauran | 04 July 2023

Ann McGauran sets the scene ahead of this week’s Association of Directors of Children’s Services ...

REORGANISATION

Placemaking budgets should combine capital pots with revenue, says report

By Ann McGauran | 04 July 2023

Ministers should combine revenue and capital pots into a single placemaking budget to fund neighb...

HEALTH

Five principles to picking social care back up

By Matthew Taylor | 04 July 2023

The MJ has launched a Care Commission to consider the policy failures of social care. Matthew Tay...

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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Director, Local Government Reform and Devolution

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