Immigration

By Martin Ford | 20 October 2021

Ofsted has joined calls for councils to be required to take in unaccompanied asylum-seeking child...

HOUSING

The power of quiet diplomacy

By Martin Ford | 20 October 2021

Outgoing chair of the District Councils’ Network, Cllr John Fuller, talks to Martin Ford about hi...

HEALTH

Afghan refugees must be given the tools to thrive, not just survive

By Geeta Nanda | 04 October 2021

More must be done if the thousands of Afghan refugees being enthusiastically welcomed to the UK a...

WHITEHALL

Council accuses government of ignoring planned legal challenge

By Chris Mahony | 28 September 2021

Blackpool Council has accused the Home Office and Serco of ignoring a planned legal challenge ove...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

ADASS warning over settled status

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2021

Many older and vulnerable European nationals living in the UK may still not have applied for sett...

Afghanistan – stepping carefully through a difficult period

15 September 2021

Chief executive of Staffordshire CC John Henderson, who led British and NATO forces in Afghanista...

WHITEHALL

Councils prepare for legal battle with Home Office

By Martin Ford | 14 September 2021

Seven authorities have launched proceedings against the Home Office over the asylum dispersal sch...

FINANCE

Councils handed deadline for Afghan resettlement offers

By Martin Ford | 14 September 2021

Ministers have asked every council in the UK to come forward with offers of support for the Afgha...

PLANNING

Blackpool threatens action over asylum hotel plans

By Laura Sharman | 10 September 2021

Blackpool Council has warned planning permission will be required to use a hotel to house hundred...

WHITEHALL

Coventry to take legal action over asylum

By Dan Peters | 07 September 2021

A council has been forced to take legal action over the Government’s use of hotels for asylum see...

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Director of Public Health

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