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SEND
No more SEND deficit agreements
By Martin Ford | 10 December 2024
The Government will not strike any more safety valve agreements for councils with financial defic...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Continuing to help young people into adulthood
By Deborah Crossan Managing Director – Children, Families and Education, IMPOWER Consulting | 03 December 2024
'IMPOWER's work with local authorities has led to children and young people being better prepared...
FINANCE
The Budget gave with one hand and took away with another
By Nicole Wood | 27 November 2024
The additional £1.3bn will not go very far once the cost of the new rates of National Living Wage...
NCASC 24
Care for the core of our community
By Melanie Williams | 27 November 2024
As delegates gather in Liverpool for the National Children and Adult Services Conference, ADASS p...
NCASC 24
Avoiding the abyss
By Ann McGauran | 26 November 2024
ADCS president Andy Smith talks to Ann McGauran ahead of the National Children and Adult Services...
SEND
Council calls for SEND tribunals to consider safety valve arrangements
By Emily Twinch | 26 November 2024
Norfolk CC has called for tribunals handling special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) ap...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OMBUDSMAN
Ombudsman calls for more powers
By Martin Ford | 21 November 2024
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has called for it to be granted further powers to ...
SEND
MPs sound alarm on SEND deficits
By Martin Ford | 19 November 2024
Deficits in SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) budgets are among the top concerns ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
The Government should provide certainty and clarity over financial reforms
By By Cllr Louise Gittins | 19 November 2024
Looking ahead to next spring’s Spending Review, it is critical the Government provides a signific...
SEND
SEND policy is a major failure
By Cllr Kate Gregory | 18 November 2024
The present SEND system is unsustainable across the country and immediate and comprehensive refor...
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