Improvement

By Heather Jameson | 28 July 2016

The cost of failure has never been higher for local government but a clear path to improvement is...

FINANCE

Ashford celebrates mall's turnaround

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 July 2016

Ashford BC has celebrated the turnaround in fortunes of a shopping mall a year after it was bough...

FINANCE

Invest to save on sector-led improvement

By Heather Jameson | 26 July 2016

The Institute for Government’s report this week on public service failures raises some interestin...

FINANCE

Report: Further failure inevitable

By Sam Clayden | 26 July 2016

An overhaul of the Government’s ‘superficial’ approach to tackling failure in public services is ...

HEALTH

Government shows 'striking poverty of ambition'

By William Eichler | 22 July 2016

The Government shows a ‘striking poverty of ambition’ on hospital discharge delays, MPs have said.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Minister: More to do after Rotherham

By Laura Sharman | 22 July 2016

Social workers and other frontline staff could face criminal charges if they fail to report suspe...

Council rapped for slow FOI response

By Laura Sharman | 21 July 2016

Trafford MBC is being monitored by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following concerns...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

All change please

By Thomas Bridge | 20 July 2016

HS2 is not the only change hitting Birmingham in the coming years. Mark Rogers and Cllr John Clan...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

MPs tear apart social work reforms

By Sam Clayden | 13 July 2016

MPs have torn apart the Government’s social work reform plans and called for greater coordination...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Children's services face further monitoring after damning Wilshaw letter

By Sam Clayden | 08 July 2016

Ofsted inspectors could be assigned to monitor local authorities where children are prone to extr...

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