CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Strike action over kids' services trust

Sandwell MBC workers have voted overwhelmingly to strike against the decision to form a trust to deliver children’s services.

By Sam Clayden | 23 November 2016

Sandwell MBC workers have voted overwhelmingly to strike against the decision to form a trust to deliver children's services.

Ministers appointed commissioner Malcolm Newsam to establish a trust to take over the council's children's services, which last year received back-to-back inadequate Ofsted ratings.

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