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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's social care inquiry reveals system strain and reform
By Martin Ford | 16 October 2026
A picture of a system under strain emerged as a wide-ranging inquiry into children’s social care got under way.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Transforming children's services through devo
By Emmet Regan | 13 October 2026
Emmet Regan explores whether Rewiring the State can deliver meaningful change for those who depen...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Council changes approach to providers after contract collapse
By Joe Lepper | 13 October 2026
Croydon LBC has pledged to be ‘clearer’ with children’s services providers ‘about what we want se...
POLICY AND POLITICS
'A denial of democracy'
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
Commissioner-led intervention is ‘problematic’ and a ‘denial of local democracy’, the chief execu...
IMPROVEMENT
Liverpool's recovery: how a council moved beyond intervention
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
Liverpool City Council has shed its final improvement notice and emerged from intervention five y...
IMPROVEMENT
Windsor and Maidenhead Council: Back from the brink
By Stephen Evans | 08 October 2026
Windsor and Maidenhead Council has changed from a council on the edge to one that is balancing bu...
CARE LEAVERS
Care leavers need to avoid a support 'cliff edge'
By Ann Graham | 08 October 2026
The imperative of children’s services leaders must be to create the conditions for all care leave...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Cracking down on profiteering
By Paul Marinko | 06 October 2026
Following our focus on sector concerns at national efforts to curb the use of unregistered childr...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Downgrading councils who use illegal children's homes holds sector to 'unattainable standard'
By Ann McGauran | 29 September 2026
Ofsted proposals to downgrade councils that use unregistered placements would hold local authorit...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Coroner rejects county's anonymity request ahead of 10-year-old's murder inquest
By Paul Marinko | 21 September 2026
The coroner conducting the inquest into the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif has rejected a reque...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Beyond Manchester: Why place matters
By Simon Edwards | 10 September 2026
Simon Edwards explains why national policy must reflect the distinct realities of county councils.
Director of Planning and Building Control
up to £140,000
Our new director will play a key role at the heart of the Council’s ambitious agenda for place‐based growth and regeneration. Apply for this job
Assistant Director, Strategic Property
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Chief Executive
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We embrace the opportunities presented by reorganisation and devolution across the region. Apply for this job
Director of Planning and Building Control
up to £140,000
Our new director will play a key role at the heart of the Council’s ambitious agenda for place‐based growth and regeneration. Apply for this job
Assistant Director, Strategic Property
circa £120,000
This exciting property leadership role combines commercial, civic, and heritage asset management Apply for this job
Chief Executive
circa £150,000
We embrace the opportunities presented by reorganisation and devolution across the region. Apply for this job
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