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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
COSLA backs school libraries plan
By Mark Conrad | 10 September 2018
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has endorsed a new school libraries strategy.
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'Radical approach' to improve Surrey's children's services
By Dan Peters | 05 September 2018
Surrey CC will take a ‘radical approach’ to improving its inadequate children’s services in a bid...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils reveal emergency savings plans
By Mark Conrad | 04 September 2018
Two more councils have announced emergency savings plans as counties struggle to balance their bo...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Torbay fails to turn around children's services
By Martin Ford | 03 September 2018
Torbay Council’s children’s services remain inadequate following a re-inspection by Ofsted.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils overspend £800m on children's services
By Laura Sharman | 23 August 2018
Councils in England overspent £816m on children’s services in 2017/18, according to official figu...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Council has taken 'too long' to improve
By Dan Peters | 23 August 2018
Reading Council has improved services for young people leaving care since an inadequate Ofsted in...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Lancashire children's services out of special measures
By Martin Ford | 17 August 2018
Lancashire CC has been taken out of special measures following improvements to its children’s ser...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Merger set to create second biggest care provider
By Martin Ford | 17 August 2018
A care firm would become the second largest provider in the country if it succeeds in taking over...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Getting a grip on children's services costs
By Dan Peters | 15 August 2018
Although the focus of social services budgets is on adult care costs, it is children’s services t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Back to school
13 August 2018
Parents taking their kids out of school to go on holiday is a perennial problem for councils.
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- Local government reorganisation review nears completion
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Service Manager - Corporate Governance Services (Deputy Monitoring Officer)
£47,738 - £51,928
Premium jobThis is an exciting time to join our Governance and Corporate Services function. Apply for this job
Director of Corporate Services
£116,572 – £124,881
The Successful candidate will lead major transformation programmes, drive organisational improvement Apply for this job
Chief Executive
£205,749 to £224,986
Premium jobNorth Yorkshire Council is seeking an exceptional leader to become our next Chief Executive. Apply for this job
- Local government reorganisation review nears completion
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Rayner expected to send in commissioners to Bedford BC
- EXCLUSIVE: Labour-led Brent and Barking and Dagenham miss out on first round of London homes cash
- The route out of EFS
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