500% rise in unregistered and illegal home use
CHILDREN'S SERVICES

500% rise in unregistered and illegal home use

By Dan Peters | 27 November 2024

The number of vulnerable children in care placed in unregistered and illegal homes has shot up by 500% in three years, data released by watchdog Ofsted has shown.

REGULATION

Charity Commission in first warning to council

By Ellie Ames | 02 September 2024

A regulator has for the first time issued a local authority with an official warning for failing ...

SOCIAL CARE

Reeves scraps care charging reforms amid spending cuts

By Dan Peters | 30 July 2024

Adult social care charging reforms delayed by the Tories will be scrapped, saving more than £1bn ...

THIRD SECTOR

Peak practice

19 June 2024

Local government is always up for a challenge.

LEGAL

Inquiry call over asylum hotel use

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2024

A charity has called for a statutory independent inquiry into the use of hotels for unaccompanied...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall warning over 'heightened' care provider failure risk

By Dan Peters | 04 June 2024

The risk of adult social care provider failure is ‘currently heightened due to additional pressur...

WHITEHALL

Ministers urged to reform Gift Aid

By Mark Conrad | 03 June 2024

Gift Aid donations should vary by region and be targeted at tackling local inequalities, a think-...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Lib Dems in public health cuts reversal pledge

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2024

The Lib Dems have pledged a £1bn-a-year investment to reverse cuts to the public health grant.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Feel the power

28 May 2024

Georgia Gould explains what Camden LBC is doing to harness and enhance the passion of people in a...

WHITEHALL

MacAlister: Not enough has changed on children's social care

By Mark Conrad | 23 May 2024

The author of the Government’s independent review of children’s care has warned ‘not enough has c...

WHITEHALL

Government cash call for council housing firms

By Dan Peters | 03 May 2024

Central Government should provide about £750m funding to help local government establish housing ...

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Contract Network Manager

£53,289 - £60,830 per annum

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Cheshire East Council

Service Manager - Regional Adoption Agency - CMB1463e

£63,830 - £66,642 per annum

Cumberland Council is an ambitious and forward-thinking authority dedicated to shaping a better future for our communities. Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Head of Public Protection and Consumer Standards

£81,435 - £86,505

Our Greenwich Plan sets out our vision for the next 4 years focusing on the changes we collectively want to see in our borough and Council. Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich