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BUSINESS
Commissioner won't act over contracts investigation
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2017
Lancashire’s police commissioner has refused to intervene in an investigation into two councils b...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Oxford forges ahead with CA plans
By Heather Jameson | 10 January 2017
Oxford City Council is pushing forward with plans for a county-wide combined authority after dump...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Chief's pledge to improve failing children's services
By Sam Clayden | 09 December 2016
Tameside MBC’s chief executive has insisted the council has embarked on an improvement journey af...
SCRUTINY
Ombudsmen welcome complaints system reform
By Sam Clayden | 05 December 2016
Ombudsmen have welcomed the Government’s proposed reforms to the ‘complex and fragmented’ complai...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'Outsource to avoid intervention'
By Sam Clayden | 23 November 2016
A member of Norfolk CC’s children’s services committee has urged the council’s leader to consider...
SCRUTINY
Cornwall claims criticism is 'blatant electioneering'
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 November 2016
The leader of Cornwall Council has dismissed claims by a local MP that his authority is dysfuncti...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Troubled Families tsar defends programme amid controversy
By Sam Clayden | 20 October 2016
Government officials have defended the Troubled Families programme under interrogation, rebutting...
FINANCE
Concern as councils miss audit sign-off date
By Dan Peters | 18 October 2016
Fears are growing that an increasing number of councils will fail to publish their signed audited...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Wilshaw: Police failings mean Rotherham abuse could be repeated
By Sam Clayden | 18 October 2016
The ‘catastrophic failings’ that put children at harm in Rotherham and Oxfordshire could be repea...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
NAO: Government children's services reforms unsuccessful
By Sam Clayden | 12 October 2016
Auditors have blasted government attempts to rectify failure within children’s services, warning ...
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