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Councils forced to turn away 140,000 vulnerable children

By Sam Clayden | 14 August 2017

Up to 140,000 vulnerable children were turned away from statutory care services last year as over...

Leaders make fresh plea for housing borrowing powers

By Sam Clayden | 11 August 2017

Councils have demanded new powers and funding to build affordable homes after a survey revealed t...

Authorities join the jobs rush

By Sam Clayden | 09 August 2017

Little indicates a sector reacting to a changing world like the emergence of exciting new job rol...

Authority denies abusing legal powers

By Sam Clayden | 09 August 2017

A council has hit back at a government watchdog after being accused of abusing legal powers to ha...

Exclusive: Councils face 'daily' struggle to place vulnerable kids

By Sam Clayden | 09 August 2017

The state of the children’s care market has been described as a ‘scar on the conscience of our co...

Council accused of abusing legal powers to gag complaints

By Sam Clayden | 08 August 2017

A council has hit back at a government watchdog after being accused of abusing legal powers to ha...

'Too much poor care' says social care watchdog

By Sam Clayden | 07 August 2017

Four in ten care homes inspected this year are not good enough, according to the latest analysis.

Rising from the ashes

By Sam Clayden | 02 August 2017

Who is behind the new Grenfell Taskforce, and what has it been set up to achieve? Sam Clayden rep...

Standalone firm planned for Reading kids' services

By Sam Clayden | 02 August 2017

Fresh calls for an ‘independent evaluation’ of children’s services models have been made after Re...

Regulation needs an approach with 'bite'

By Sam Clayden | 02 August 2017

Mark Rogers has called on local government to ‘put improvement before being friends’ amid fears t...