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HOUSING
Will Burnham's drive to build homes be successful?
By David Blackman | 28 July 2026
Like several Prime Ministers before him, Andy Burnham has pledged to build new homes. That will not happen without local authorities and they have been out of the housebuilding game for a long time...
FINANCE
Social care is main driver of councils' emergency funding requests
By Ann McGauran | 27 July 2026
Social care is ‘taking centre stage’ as the main factor driving councils’ requests for exceptiona...
FINANCE
Councils' financial pressures: The story behind rising EFS demand
By Joanne Pitt | 27 July 2026
Analysis by CIPFA of requests by councils for exceptional financial support (EFS) shows some are ...
IMPROVEMENT
Is public service delivery really dead?
By Ben Page | 22 July 2026
Performance alone does not win public trust. While better outcomes matter, public opinion is shap...
HOUSING
London councils launch affordable housing legal challenge
By Dan Peters | 24 June 2026
Three London councils have launched a legal challenge to stop Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan’s cu...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Farage announces social housing foreigner ban
By Joe Lepper | 15 June 2026
Foreign nationals would be banned from social housing under a Reform UK government, party leader ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Home Office warned over asylum homelessness risk
By Dan Peters | 11 June 2026
The Government risks undermining its own ambition to cut homelessness unless it urgently strength...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Manchesterism owes more to joint working than to one man
By Heather Jameson | 21 May 2026
Manchesterism is 'not what Burnham has achieved, it is what the combined partnership working of l...
HOMELESSNESS
Death prevention duties
By Gill Taylor | 29 April 2026
Relationships between coroners and Safeguarding Adults Boards are often inconsistent and unclear,...
HOMELESSNESS
Mayors: A secret weapon to tackle homelessness?
By Jack Shaw | 29 April 2026
Jack Shaw says mayoral leadership can add much-needed ballast to a broken, expensive system that ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
MPs call for 'effective sanctions' on B&B use councils
By Joe Lepper | 22 April 2026
Councils that repeatedly fail to end the use of bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation for familie...
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Service Manager - Multi Agency Child Protection Team
£54,994 - £62,777 per annum
Lead the future of multi-agency child protection in Cheshire East. Apply for this job
SEND Locality Manager
£54,994 - £62,777 per annum
Ready to lead and shape the future of SEND services? Apply for this job
Service Manager – Quality Assurance & Practice Development
£54,994 - £62,777 per annum
Lead excellence in social work practice and help shape continuous improvement across Children’s Services. Apply for this job
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