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FINANCE
Districts call for funding after grant criticisms
By Laura Sharman | 18 March 2016
District councils have called for the funding for Disabled Facilities Grants to be given to them ...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Councils need to 'make it easy' to complain
By MJ reporter | 26 February 2016
The Local Government Ombudsman has said councils need to make it easy to raise concerns after a s...
WHITEHALL
Four in five want devolution vote
By Dan Peters | 26 February 2016
Four out of five English adults think local people should vote to decide whether powers are devol...
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Make the right choices locally
By Dr Jane Martin | 25 February 2016
Dr Jane Martin warns devolution arrangements risk centralisation at a local level unless public a...
FINANCE
Ombudsman warning after Essex CC found at fault
By Dan Peters | 11 February 2016
Financial abuse of vulnerable people can have a major impact on whole families if social workers ...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Adult social care complaints on the rise
By Laura Sharman | 12 November 2015
Complaints about adult social care have increased in number by 18% over the past year, figures ha...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
LGO reports 18% rise in adult care complaints
10 November 2015
The number of complaints about adult social care received by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO)...
SOCIAL CARE
CQC raps quality of adult care services
By Jamie Hailstone | 30 September 2015
More than a third of adult social care services have been rated as requiring improvement or inade...
SOCIAL CARE
Families are over charged for care, says Ombudsman
By Heather Jameson | 24 September 2015
Families are being forced to pay top up fees for elderly care due to confusing or incorrect infor...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Everyone should have the right to be heard
By Mark Whitehead | 27 July 2015
As calls come for a radical re-think of the government’s current complaints system, Mark Whitehea...
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Director of Customer, Digital and Corporate Strategy
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