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SEND
Reform of SEND cannot come quickly enough
By Simon Edwards | 05 June 2025
With deficits increasing and liabilities for SEND accruing interest on the existing debt, this is...
IMMIGRATION
The impacts and risks of immigration and skills policies
By Oliver Lodge | 05 June 2025
Closer collaboration across Government departments and local authorities is vital to securing the...
SEND
A story of smarter SEND funding
By Natalie Kenneison | 05 June 2025
Natalie Kenneison says that despite soaring SEND deficits, a quieter story of progress is unfoldi...
PARISH COUNCILS
The cap doesn't fit
By Justin Griggs | 05 June 2025
Capping some or all parish and town councils would seriously threaten their effectiveness and und...
FINANCE
Shovel-ready Spending Review
By Heather Jameson | 05 June 2025
The local government world is divided into two types of people: those who are resigned to their f...
LG CHALLENGE
Making Stroud future fit
By Grace Perks | 04 June 2025
Grace Perks reports from the latest leg of the LG Challenge, where the teams went head-to-head to...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Frame the problem to design the solution
By Barry Quirk CBE | 03 June 2025
Barry Quirk applauds the Government’s focus on radical innovation, but says defining the issue to...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Creating a collaboration that's fit for the future
By Mariana Pexton | 03 June 2025
Mariana Pexton reports from a workshop in Leeds focused on a national strategy for creating healt...
HEALTH
Finding flickers of light
By Matthew Taylor | 03 June 2025
Despite the obstacles to multi-agency working, there are green shoots in joint efforts to produce...
FINANCE
Only a full solution will suffice on SEND
By Rob Powell | 03 June 2025
Rob Powell is hoping for a full resolution of the 'intractable problem' of negative reserves to c...
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An ambitious, high-performing council where education, inclusion and skills are central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
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