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LOCAL GOVERNMENT OMBUDSMAN
Local government complaints increase
By Laura Sharman | 02 August 2017
The number of complaints about councils that have been investigated and upheld by the Local Gover...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Simply ravin'
02 August 2017
You know it’s the summer silly season when the annual surge in ‘loony council’ stories hit the ta...
HUMOUR
4 wheel drive woman on . . . the school holidays
02 August 2017
Tarquin, no. I will not take you to a theme park for every single day of the school holidays – it...
HUMOUR
Birds of a feather
02 August 2017
Speaking of holiday season, Diary noticed a scorcher of a story about an unusual tourist this week.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Town hall terror warning
By Mark Conrad | 02 August 2017
Inconsistency in how safeguarding concerns relating to extremism are recorded is hampering counci...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Legal action over data leak
By Mark Conrad | 02 August 2017
Newcastle City Council is facing legal action over a data leak that exposed the personal details ...
SOCIAL CARE
Union slams suspension of backdated social care 'sleep-in' staff payments
By Mark Conrad | 02 August 2017
Whitehall action to prop-up social care providers has been criticised by local government’s large...
CHILD ABUSE
Lambeth accused of U-turn over compensation for abuse survivors
By Mark Conrad | 02 August 2017
The chairman of an influential child abuse survivors group has accused Lambeth LBC of a U-turn ov...
REORGANISATION
Leader denies 'witch-hunt' to slash senior management roles
By Mark Conrad | 02 August 2017
Lancashire CC’s leader has denied claims his plan to slash senior management posts was linked to ...
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