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HOUSING

The MJ Comment - Whitehall is expecting a magic trick over asylum seeker housing

By Paul Marinko | 22 May 2024

As our front page reveals, the Government is continuing to pile pressure on councils to house asy...

HOMELESSNESS

Government waters down rough sleeping legislation

By Paul Marinko | 14 May 2024

The Government has watered down plans to criminalise rough sleeping following a Tory backbench re...

SOCIAL CARE

New ADASS president calls for community focus

By Paul Marinko | 25 April 2024

The new president of the Association of Directors of Social Services (ADASS) has called for a com...

HEALTH

Limited improvement on hospital delayed discharges despite £600m funding

By Paul Marinko | 18 April 2024

An improvement of just 12% in hospital delayed discharge figures was achieved in the last financi...

FINANCE

Doing things differently

By Paul Marinko | 16 April 2024

In the face of never-ending pressures councils are continuing to seek out ways to do things diffe...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Social work development programme 'pulled' by Department for Education

By Paul Marinko | 16 April 2024

A Government decision to end a training and development programme for social work managers has be...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Call for evidence boosted in local economic policy

By Paul Marinko | 16 April 2024

Centre for Cities has called for more evidence to be at the heart of local economic policy making.

LONDON COUNCILS

Healing the sector's crisis with respect

By Paul Marinko | 15 April 2024

As veteran leader Ruth Dombey steps down at the Lib Dem’s longest-held council she makes a plea f...

WHITEHALL

Clark: Tories and Labour unwilling to address SEND crisis

By Paul Marinko | 15 April 2024

Labour and the Conservatives have been accused of an ‘unwillingness’ to confront the crisis in sp...

RECRUITMENT

Herbert named Surrey CC chief

By Paul Marinko | 04 April 2024

Wiltshire Council boss Terence Herbert has been named as Surrey CC’s chief executive.

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