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Charities struggling in recession warns NCVO

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 March 2012

Charities have warned they are facing a 'triple whammy' of rising costs.

Kemp launches mayoral bid in Liverpool

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 March 2012

Senior Liberal Democrat Richard Kemp has announced he will stand in Liverpool as a candidate in t...

Scottish councils failing to plan social care

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 March 2012

Audit Scotland has warned councils and health trusts in Scotland are failing to plan and organise...

Care 'call to arms'

By Mark Conrad | 01 March 2012

Senior health experts this week urged local authority bosses, private firms and healthcare chiefs...

Bosses defend record after Ofsted criticism

By Jamie Hailstone | 29 February 2012

Council bosses defend their track record after Ofsted report says half of children in care were g...

New law could threaten food safety, LGA warns

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 February 2012

Council bosses warn new limits on food hygiene visits could put the public at risk from dodgy res...

Watchdog issues tough new adoption rules

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 February 2012

Ofsted has issued tough new rules local authorities in England must follow to help speed up the a...

Opposition freezes council tax in Brighton

By Jamie Hailstone | 24 February 2012

Opposition councillors in Brighton and Hove have defeated the ruling Green Party's plans to incre...

Children in care moved without notice, says report

By Jamie Hailstone | 24 February 2012

More than half of children in care are barely given notice before being moved by social services,...

Gove calls for more adoptions

By Jamie Hailstone | 23 February 2012

Michael Gove has slammed councils for failing to speed-up the adoption process and described the ...