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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Child boards should be 'mandatory'

20 November 2008

Children’s secretary, Ed Balls, plans to strengthen child protection arrangements by making multi...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Injunction or ASBO?

19 November 2008

Birmingham City Council has pioneered the use of injunctions to tackle gang culture – but how doe...

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Paying for voluntary contributions

19 November 2008

The financing of minority groups has been thrown into confusion following a recent High Court rul...

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Diverse ideas to keep Luton cohesive

19 November 2008

As the UK heads for recession, there is a danger that councils may face more pressure on cohesion...

Defending the adults

19 November 2008

With the number of elderly people and cases of dementia rising at an unprecedented rate, the prob...

BUSINESS

Heading for home closures

19 November 2008

Closing care homes is never easy, but there are legal pitfalls which can be avoided, claim Nicola...

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Healthy, happy... and here

19 November 2008

Cutting sickness absence doesn’t have to be a hard-line approach. Hugh Dunnachie explains how Hil...

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Creating a buzz

19 November 2008

In the lexicon of management speak, one of the ‘in vogue’ buzzwords is ‘creativity’. As we grappl...

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American dream is a reality at last

19 November 2008

How could I not devote this column to the recent election of US president-elect Barack Hussein Ob...

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Shared services must pick up steam

19 November 2008

Widespread take-up of shared services is yet to happen. But could the credit crunch provide the p...