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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Damning Ofsted reports make matters worse, claims Impower
By Heather Jameson | 27 April 2015
Ofsted reports into children’s social care cause more damage than good, according to a damning re...
PAY
Costs 'could increase' under Pickles' DIP changes
By Dan Peters | 20 April 2015
A council chief executive has criticised communities secretary Eric Pickles’ latest attack on ‘to...
FINANCE
Eastern promise?
By Max Wide | 13 April 2015
Mike Bennett and Max Wide fear too many local authorities see commissioning as a new spin on old-...
WHITEHALL
Chiefs criticise Labour's 'monolithic approach'
By Michael Burton | 09 April 2015
Labour plans to subsume local government websites into Whitehall’s Gov.uk platform have come unde...
FINANCE
Next government 'must tackle the crisis in care'
By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015
Council services face a hammering in next year’s spending review if the soaring costs of health a...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Current care inspection regime branded 'flawed'
By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2015
Three local government groups have warned the current inspection regime for the care of children ...
FINANCE
MJ Future Forum 15: Council chiefs call for inspection overhaul
By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015
Senior local government leaders have united over calls to overhaul multi-agency inspection.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Fear and loathing in St Albans
By Mark Rogers | 30 March 2015
SOLACE president Mark Rogers relates what he heard at this year's Future Forum - and what it poss...
HUMAN RESOURCES
SOLACE: Government DIP hit 'chaotic and costly'
27 March 2015
Government measures issued this week aimed at making it easier to dismiss council chief executive...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Budget 2015: Call for more devolution after 'disappointing' deal
By Dan Peters | 18 March 2015
Local government leaders called for ‘greater levels of devolution’ after the West Yorkshire combi...
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