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LEGAL
Southport Inquiry: a damning verdict
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2026
The inquiry into the devastating knife attack that claimed the lives of three young children in 2024 has delivered a damning verdict on the authorities involved. Martin Ford looks at the implicatio...
AI
Councils can't deliver better public understanding of AI without resource
By Susan Oman | 10 April 2026
Better AI awareness is needed both inside and beyond the council in its communities, says Susan O...
INEQUALITY
London is a city becoming increasingly unequal for those raising children
By Indi Miller | 09 April 2026
London’s ‘child-free’ centre is creating an increasingly unequal experience of growing up in the ...
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
Places: a call for more coterminosity
By Dr Catherine Howe | 18 March 2026
Catherine Howe asks: What if, instead of tussles over public sector reform between places and Whi...
SEND
Government announces £4bn SEND overhaul
By Joe Lepper | 23 February 2026
A £4bn ‘generational’ overhaul of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) support has b...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Start as you mean to go on
By Dawn Plimmer | 15 September 2025
Best Start in Life Plans could be a once in generation opportunity, argues Dawn Plimmer of Collab...
FINANCE
IFS: SEND review needs to offer long-term solution
By Joe Lepper | 12 September 2025
The forthcoming Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) review needs to offer a long-te...
EDUCATION
Scottish care kids failing to attend school
By Neil Merrick | 27 August 2025
An increasing proportion of children in local authority care in Scotland are failing to attend sc...
AIR QUALITY
Making the school run safer
By Jemima Hartshorn | 11 August 2025
More than three quarters of School Streets in London are either breaking even or generating incom...
POLITICS
Lib Dems call for SEND profits cap
By William Eichler | 01 August 2025
The Lib Dems have called on the Government to cap the ‘exorbitant’ profits of private providers o...
LGA CONFERENCE
Proud to serve the sector
By Louise Gittins | 03 July 2025
Writing in LGA Conference week, newly re-elected chair Cllr Louise Gittins reflects on the Govern...
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- Ministers back down on forced mayors in devolution Bill
- Leeds City Council suffers huge fuel theft as Middle East conflict continues
- Cotton 'deal' would land Birmingham in the mire
- Devon reorganisation 'distracting' for region's emerging strategic authority, peers warn
- Children's service reforms lack 'foundations for success'
Partnership and Improvement Manager SEND WMF2888e
£51,356 to £52,413
Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Apply for this job
Senior Employment Lawyer
PO6 - £54,267 to £57,402
Greenwich Legal Services is undergoing a period of transformation Apply for this job
Head of Transformation
£76,271- £88,631
Choose Challenge. Choose Change. Choose Cheshire East. Apply for this job
- Ministers back down on forced mayors in devolution Bill
- Leeds City Council suffers huge fuel theft as Middle East conflict continues
- Cotton 'deal' would land Birmingham in the mire
- Devon reorganisation 'distracting' for region's emerging strategic authority, peers warn
- Children's service reforms lack 'foundations for success'
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