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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's services leadership attack branded 'contradictory'
By Sam Clayden | 27 July 2016
MPs and senior sector figures have hit back after Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw blamed chief ex...
FINANCE
Local press takes funding fight to Whitehall
By Dan Peters | 27 July 2016
A local newspaper editor who has backed a campaign to secure ‘proper funding’ for his council wil...
FINANCE
Report: Further failure inevitable
By Sam Clayden | 26 July 2016
An overhaul of the Government’s ‘superficial’ approach to tackling failure in public services is ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Council defends disabled cuts after legal loss
By Dan Peters | 25 July 2016
A council has insisted it was left with ‘no choice’ but to reduce short breaks funding for disabl...
FINANCE
Local government 'best placed to tackle unemployment'
By Sam Clayden | 25 July 2016
Elected mayors and local leaders should be put at the heart of employment support as part of a ra...
WHITEHALL
Councils sign multi-billion pound deals
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 July 2016
Barnet LBC and Sheffield City Council have signed multi-billion pound deals to transform their ar...
HEALTH
Government shows 'striking poverty of ambition'
By William Eichler | 22 July 2016
The Government shows a ‘striking poverty of ambition’ on hospital discharge delays, MPs have said.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Minister: More to do after Rotherham
By Laura Sharman | 22 July 2016
Social workers and other frontline staff could face criminal charges if they fail to report suspe...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
MPs defend chiefs after Ofsted claims
By Sam Clayden | 21 July 2016
MPs defended council chief executives after Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw claimed they were to ...
WHITEHALL
Little wriggle room for Hammond
By Michael Burton | 21 July 2016
Chancellor Philip Hammond has received mixed news on the public finances in the first results to ...
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