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WHITEHALL
Councils 'best' to decide where to spend £2bn for social care
By Dan Peters | 29 March 2017
Councils have been told they are ‘best placed’ to decide how to spend the additional £2bn the Gov...
HEALTH
Social care demand strategies criticised
By James Evison | 24 March 2017
Poor support and rapid hospital discharge processes for adult social care could be costing counci...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The Government must recognise the value of social workers
By Blair McPherson | 22 March 2017
It is not what is in the Government’s new social work advice note that trouble’s Blair McPherson....
HEALTH
Councils are braced for NHS cash raid
By Dan Peters | 22 March 2017
Local government is bracing itself for a NHS cash grab as it battles for influence over how to sp...
FINANCE
Short-term objectives reap short-term gains
By Tony Kirkham | 22 March 2017
Tony Kirkham says it is vital councils do not use additional social care cash to put off the evil...
HEALTH
Ringfenced grant will help bridge gap
By Sam Clayden | 14 March 2017
Failing to acknowledge deprivation levels and the health of the pop-ulation when devising the bus...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
O'Sullivan named institute chair
14 March 2017
Former president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services Alison O’Sullivan has bee...
FINANCE
local authorities must draw on the power of community assets
By Ewan King | 13 March 2017
Ewan King says it is time to push forward with an asset-based approach to social care that builds...
FINANCE
Scrapping DoLS could protect patients and cut costs
By Nicholas Paines QC | 13 March 2017
The Law Commission is urging the Government to scrap controversial DoLS and introduce a new syste...
WHITEHALL
Budget 2017: Hammond announces £2bn social care cash
By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond has promised additional grant funding of £2bn over the next three years...
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- Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Local government reorganisation: Keeping services options open
- LGA proposes alternative to commissioners
- Local government reorganisation review nears completion
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