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WHITEHALL
Adult social care pleas after record bed blocking figures
By Dan Peters | 10 March 2016
Unprecedented pressures on adult social care have been blamed for record bed blocking figures rel...
WHITEHALL
Deficit fears force Manchester to review HRA deal
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 March 2016
Manchester City Council is to review its housing revenue account (HRA) after it was revealed Whit...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Ofsted changes 'do not go far enough'
By MJ reporter | 08 March 2016
Proposed changes to Ofsted inspections of children’s services do not go far enough, council chief...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Sector called to deal with extremism
By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2016
Local government must not shy away, ‘nanny’ or ‘pander’ when tackling radicalisation and child ab...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Sector calls for power to raise business rates
By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2016
Local authority representatives have called for extended powers to raise the multiplier as part o...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA satisfaction up but value for money low
By Sam Clayden | 04 March 2016
While council representatives vastly agreed the Local Government Association (LGA) performed its ...
HEALTH
Whitehall calls for groups to join forces to cut red tape
By Jamie Hailstone | 04 March 2016
A Whitehall report has criticised local government groups for failing to work together on project...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA ramps up Housing Bill attack
By Sam Clayden | 03 March 2016
Council leaders have ramped up their efforts to lobby Whitehall on the Housing and Planning Bill ...
FINANCE
Burt: Single budgets are only answer to care crisis
By Michael Burton | 02 March 2016
The long-term solution to reducing bed-blocking in hospitals is to merge budgets and for the publ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Overhaul for corporate peer challenges
By Sam Clayden | 01 March 2016
The Local Government Association (LGA) has announced it will overhaul corporate peer challenges a...
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Service Director - Commissioning and Partnerships
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A pivotal role at the centre of our ambitions for children, young people and families across Sandwell. Apply for this job
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