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Healey: Double housing investment to avoid post-Brexit slump

By Sam Clayden | 14 July 2016

The former shadow housing secretary has called on Whitehall to double investment and freeze its l...

Morgan's education review 'business as usual'

By Sam Clayden | 13 July 2016

A new government consultation into the role of councils in education and child safeguarding has b...

Poor standards 'nail in coffin' for education policy

By Sam Clayden | 13 July 2016

Two reports revealing poor standards in many of the largest multi-academy trusts (MATs) should be...

MPs tear apart social work reforms

By Sam Clayden | 13 July 2016

MPs have torn apart the Government’s social work reform plans and called for greater coordination...

ADASS survey: Nine in ten fear care duty failure

By Sam Clayden | 12 July 2016

Less than one in ten social care directors believed they would be able to fulfil their statutory ...

Whitehall backs Khan devolution plea

By Sam Clayden | 11 July 2016

Whitehall has supported London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plea for further fiscal devolution to the capit...

Children's services face further monitoring after damning Wilshaw letter

By Sam Clayden | 08 July 2016

Ofsted inspectors could be assigned to monitor local authorities where children are prone to extr...

Councils 'best placed' to close housing gap

By Sam Clayden | 07 July 2016

Local government is best placed to address the growing housing gap amid increasing ‘uncertainty,’...

Lamb warns of prevention 'scandal'

By Sam Clayden | 07 July 2016

Taking money from preventative and mental health services is a ‘scandal of our time’ and the cons...

Mayor opposition may dash devo hope

By Sam Clayden | 06 July 2016

Regions that failed to sign devolution deals before the EU referendum may regret wavering over el...