Epping Forest DC has admitted defeat in its long-running legal battle over the use of a hotel to accommodate asylum seekers.
Local government reorganisation offers job market ‘opportunities’ as well as challenges for senior officers, The MJ Future Forum has heard.
Rob Powell says progress on SEND deficits is welcome, but pressures persist in adult social care, children’s services and home-to-school transport.
Caroline Green says reorganisation must be more than ensuring safe and legal transition or one council taking over another’s services. 'It is an opportunity ...