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SOCIAL CARE
Lancashire to work 'at pace' to meet Southport Inquiry demands
By Martin Ford | 19 May 2026
Lancashire CC has said it will have to work ‘at pace’ to meet the requirements of the inquiry into the Southport knife attack.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Breaking point: Tough choices for childrens' services
By Martin Ford | 06 May 2026
Governments are finally confronting the spiralling cost of children’s services. As pressures inte...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Warning over financial risks faced by children's care providers
By Martin Ford | 06 May 2026
Some of the largest children’s social care providers could be vulnerable to financial shocks, acc...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Will the Grooming Gangs Inquiry make a difference?
By Alan Collins | 06 May 2026
Alan Collins says the Grooming Gangs Inquiry has the power to create real change, particularly if...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's service reforms lack 'foundations for success'
By Martin Ford | 30 April 2026
The Government must go further to fix children’s social care market, a think-tank has urged.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Experts raise concerns over children's services deadline
By Joe Lepper | 28 April 2026
‘Clear and credible concerns’ have been raised by experts that some council children’s services w...
SOCIAL CARE
Southport Inquiry: Councils face challenge to prevent future attacks
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2026
Councils face a challenge to prevent future attacks such as those in Southport that claimed the l...
LEGAL
Southport Inquiry: a damning verdict
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2026
The inquiry into the devastating knife attack that claimed the lives of three young children in 2...
ADCS
'Banging the table for children'
By Ann McGauran | 22 April 2026
The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services’ passionate belief in th...
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...
LEADERSHIP
Just like the weather, councils are rarely stable
By Blair McPherson | 20 April 2026
It is tempting to think the local government system is fundamentally stable, but this is seldom t...
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