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'Great strides' for troubled families?

By Alex Stevenson | 05 December 2013

Alex Stevenson investigates DCLG’s troubled families unit progress update, now the £448m payment ...

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AS 2013: Free school meals receive £1bn in new funding

By Thomas Bridge | 05 December 2013

Over £1bn of new funding will be allocated to provide free school meals for all infant school chi...

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Age UK: Rescue social care system in Autumn Statement

By MJ Correspondent | 05 December 2013

Charity Age UK has called on chancellor George Osborne to rescue the social care system in today’...

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Legal fears raised over Care Bill

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 December 2013

Councils have claimed plans to create a national eligibility threshold for adult social care coul...

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Third sector hailed as key to greater council-NHS unity

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 December 2013

Third sector organisations can help bridge the gap between councils and the NHS, a national chari...

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Social work concern five years after Baby P

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 December 2013

A group of MPs has warned the ability of social workers to keep children safe from harm has dimin...

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Birmingham praised for war on payday lenders

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 December 2013

A leading think tank has praised Birmingham City Council for ‘channelling the spirit’ of former m...

FINANCE

Councils seek tougher laws for beggars

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 December 2013

Councils have demanded fresh powers to deal with ‘aggressive beggars’.

FINANCE

New legal duty for councils to support foster children

By Laura Sharman | 04 December 2013

Local authorities will be given a new legal duty to allow children to stay with foster families u...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

NAO: troubled families schemes fail payment-by-results test

By Mark Conrad | 03 December 2013

Spending watchdogs report poor design of payment-by-results will hamper intervention schemes for ...

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Team Manager - Advanced Practice Leads - WMF2362e

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Transformation Director

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Cherwell District Council