LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A case of cuts and a confidence crisis

By Martin Ford | 02 July 2019

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services’ annual survey reveals a pessimistic sector...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Pressures eroding protection of adult care budgets, survey finds

By Martin Ford | 26 June 2019

Councils are struggling to protect social care budgets, the Association of Directors of Adult Soc...

HEALTH

Minister in plea for cross-party care consensus

By Ann McGauran | 30 April 2019

Care minster Caroline Dinenage has said she 'would dearly like there to be cross-party consensus'...

WHITEHALL

Social care precept 'avoided catastrophe'

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2019

The introduction of the social care precept ‘avoided catastrophe’ but the sector still faces a fu...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Risk-taking in social care provision can yield results, study finds

By Martin Ford | 27 March 2019

Councils have been urged to be more ‘courageous’ in their adult social care provision.

SOCIAL CARE

DToC figures due to social care on the rise

By Martin Ford | 14 March 2019

Winter pressures have been blamed for a rise in the number of delayed transfers of care (DToC) du...

SOCIAL CARE

Two-thirds of councils say they have brought in or increased charges for social care

05 March 2019

Two-thirds of councils in England who responded to a freedom of information (FOI) request said th...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

FoI and the hidden side of safeguarding

By Ann McGauran | 08 January 2019

FOI responses show more than half of the councils approached had reported incidents in the last t...

LONDON COUNCILS

Cracking the code

By Ann McGauran | 08 January 2019

The complexity of the budgetary challenges faced by English councils has raised the alarm within ...

FINANCE

Pay rises to swallow extra £650m for care

By Mike Yuille | 29 November 2018

Councils hoping that the Chancellor’s Budget promised extra £650m for social care might ease some...

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Legal Services Manager & Deputy Monitoring Officer

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