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ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Plea for £1.6bn winter care funding

By Martin Ford | 06 November 2020

Social care directors have made an appeal to the Government for a new funding package.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Spike in child abuse

By Martin Ford | 06 November 2020

Ofsted’s chief inspector has warned of an increase in the number of child injuries and deaths unc...

FINANCE

Redbridge grapples with £60m overspend

By Martin Ford | 05 November 2020

Officers at Redbridge LBC are drawing up a second plan to mitigate the soaring costs of the COVID...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Care Act easements 'politicised'

By Martin Ford | 05 November 2020

A ‘sense of injustice’ among adult care directors has been detailed in a report on the use of eas...

FINANCE

Manchester considers £50m of cuts

By Martin Ford | 04 November 2020

A programme of cost-cutting measures has been put forward by officers in an effort to tackle a lo...

FINANCE

Online sales tax backed by London

By Martin Ford | 04 November 2020

The local government sector in the capital has advocated the introduction of an online sales tax ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council grants managing director redundancy request

By Martin Ford | 03 November 2020

The managing director of Wellingborough BC is to leave ahead of the council ceasing to exist next...

PENSIONS

Welsh may escape exit pay cap

By Martin Ford | 03 November 2020

Welsh workers could be spared from the Government’s strict public sector exit pay cap.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

York appoints first chief operating officer

By Martin Ford | 03 November 2020

Ian Floyd has been announced as the new chief operating officer at York City Council.

FINANCE

Government review into Nottingham finances

By Martin Ford | 03 November 2020

The council is facing a review into its handling of Robin Hood Energy, over which the authority i...

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