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Martin Ford

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Increase workers' pay to improve care

By Martin Ford | 16 September 2021

Pay rises for adult social care workers can support local economies, boost recruitment and retent...

Councils prepare for legal battle with Home Office

By Martin Ford | 14 September 2021

Seven authorities have launched proceedings against the Home Office over the asylum dispersal sch...

Councils handed deadline for Afghan resettlement offers

By Martin Ford | 14 September 2021

Ministers have asked every council in the UK to come forward with offers of support for the Afgha...

Councils ask for national support on climate change

By Martin Ford | 14 September 2021

Councils have said they stand ready to take action to reduce carbon emissions, but require action...

Care services weathering summer surge

By Martin Ford | 08 September 2021

Directors of adult care services have faced a spike in demand over the summer months, according t...

Wait continues for resettlement scheme details

By Martin Ford | 07 September 2021

Key details of the new resettlement scheme for arriving Afghan refugees have still not been confi...

ADPH president gets Whitehall role

By Martin Ford | 03 September 2021

The president of the Association of Directors of Public Health, Jeanelle de Gruchy, has been appo...

'No evidence' integration improves healthcare

By Martin Ford | 03 September 2021

New analysis of health and care integration pilots has questioned the benefits they bring about.

North Yorkshire reorganisation to cost millions

By Martin Ford | 03 September 2021

North Yorkshire CC has committed millions of pounds of reserves towards the costs of local govern...

Cumbria suffers 'loss of trust and reputational damage'

By Martin Ford | 02 September 2021

Cumbria CC has suffered from a breakdown in trust following an error in a planning application fo...