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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Dispute over child abuse compensation
By Mark Conrad | 26 July 2017
Lambeth LBC is at loggerheads with a group of child abuse survivors over its proposed victims’ co...
WHITEHALL
Government acts after sleep-in back pay ruling
By Sam Clayden | 26 July 2017
The Government has responded after a tribunal ruling granted sleep-in support workers up to six y...
FINANCE
Pressure mounts on 1% pay cap
By Dan Peters | 26 July 2017
Local government employers are contemplating a two-year pay offer as they battle to keep rises af...
FINANCE
DoLS delays lead to calls for reforms
By Dan Peters | 26 July 2017
Fresh calls have been made for urgent reforms to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) sys...
SOCIAL CARE
Whitehall told social care must become 24/7 sector
By Dan Peters | 26 July 2017
Social care services need to become ‘more flexible’ to ensure an ‘effective and integrated urgent...
SOCIAL CARE
Putting people first
By Steve Reed | 21 July 2017
Both national and local government must seize opportunities to build new partnerships that tackle...
WHITEHALL
Ombudsman report prompts fresh DoLS reform calls
By Dan Peters | 19 July 2017
Fresh calls have been made for urgent reforms to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) sys...
FINANCE
'Unacceptable' changes sees LGA withdraw support for guidance
By Dan Peters | 19 July 2017
The Local Government Association (LGA) has withdrawn its support from the Better Care Fund (BCF) ...
FINANCE
Anger at U-turn over control of social care cash
By Jonathan Werran | 12 July 2017
Council chiefs have pushed back at ministers’ last-minute decision to exert control over how the ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Spielman heralds new relationship with ADCS
By Dan Peters | 07 July 2017
Ofsted’s chief inspector has said she wants to ‘strengthen the relationship’ between her organisa...
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