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CHILD ABUSE
Council investment after inadequate rating
By Mark Conrad | 12 February 2018
Gloucestershire CC has invested in staff, casework reduction and administration amid warnings the...
SOCIAL CARE
Not enough integration between housing for older people and social care, MPs warn
By Hiba Mahamadi | 09 February 2018
Local authorities need to recognise the importance of quality housing for older people and the ‘m...
FINANCE
Care provider Four Seasons temporarily bailed out
By William Eichler | 09 February 2018
The struggling care provider Four Seasons has today signed a deal with a hedge fund which will se...
SOCIAL CARE
Crisis in social care workforce, report warns
By Mark Conrad | 08 February 2018
The care workforce crisis has been laid bare by a report that warned ministers were not tackling ...
FINANCE
Javid and Gwynne clash over finance settlement
By Dan Peters | 07 February 2018
Communities secretary Sajid Javid clashed today with his Labour rival Andrew Gwynne over errors i...
WHITEHALL
Javid finds extra £166m in final settlement
By Mark Conrad | 06 February 2018
Local government secretary Sajid Javid has found an additional £166m to ease spending pressures i...
WHITEHALL
ADASS gets badass
05 February 2018
The crisis in social care requires a tough, uncompromising response.
SOCIAL CARE
Academics highlight recruitment and retention problems
By Mark Conrad | 05 February 2018
Councils require greater clarity over how their social care market-shaping and commissioning duti...
SOCIAL CARE
Government migration funding formula 'unfair'
By Hiba Mahamadi | 01 February 2018
The council accommodating the second-highest number of asylum-seeking children in the UK has crit...
FINANCE
May could be defeated on council finance
By Dan Peters | 01 February 2018
Tory MPs have warned the Government they are willing to mount a rebellion over the finance settle...
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