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Exclusive:  Councils must be made an equal partner in designing a national care system, says Casey
SOCIAL CARE

Exclusive: Councils must be made an equal partner in designing a national care system, says Casey

By Ann McGauran | 11 March 2026

A national care service (NCS) ‘will be an illusion built on local strain’ if councils are not made an equal partner in designing the system, the chair of the independent commission into adult socia...

SOCIAL CARE

Councils are holding care together

By Baroness Louise Casey | 11 March 2026

In the week of her appearance at The MJ Future Forum, Baroness Louise Casey sets out a frank over...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Streeting agrees to 'simple asks' from Baroness Casey

By Lee Peart | 05 March 2026

Baroness Louise Casey has revealed she has written to health and social care secretary Wes Street...

ADCS

Why we must respond to online risks

By Rachael Wardell | 05 March 2026

Adults, practitioners, parents and policy-makers must engage actively with the challenges and ris...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Reorganisation is an opportunity to switch to a more preventative system

By Caroline Green | 03 March 2026

Caroline Green says reorganisation must be more than ensuring safe and legal transition or one co...

SAFEGUARDING

Protecting children from risks outside the home in Bucks

By Cllr Carl Jackson | 09 February 2026

A new pilot in Buckinghamshire taking practical steps to tackle the risks from exploitation faced...

HR

From adult social care international recruitment crisis to collaboration

By Pete Fahy | 19 January 2026

Pete Fahy looks at how the West Midlands is rewriting the future of social care workforce plannin...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Review finds council failures ahead of Sara Sharif murder

By William Eichler | 14 November 2025

Children’s services in Surrey failed to identify abuse suffered by 10-year-old Sara Sharif before...

IMPROVEMENT

Safeguarding failure at Haringey

By William Eichler | 02 October 2025

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has exposed a major safeguarding failure at Haring...

SAFEGUARDING

Red flags and boiling frogs: a damning picture that the National Youth Strategy must fix

By Leigh Middleton | 22 September 2025

With the Government's National Youth Strategy due to be published, Leigh Middleton warns that wit...

SOCIAL CARE

Two-thirds of councils lack safeguarding policy for gender-questioning children

By William Eichler | 27 August 2025

Nearly two-thirds of councils with care responsibilities could not provide a policy on safeguardi...

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