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ASYLUM
Lifting the asylum limbo
By Martin Ford | 28 August 2024
Martin Ford looks at the action the new Government is taking to get a grip on the asylum system, ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The next steps
By Cllr Lisa Evans | 20 August 2024
Cllr Lisa Evans explains how care-experienced young people are already seeing the benefits of Sto...
PARTNERSHIPS
The case for partnerships
By Chris Luck | 16 August 2024
Partnerships, not profiteering, are the future for commissioning great children’s services, says ...
ASYLUM
Councils to be hit by asylum backlog fallout
By Martin Ford | 15 August 2024
Councils are expected to come under increased pressure as work begins to clear the asylum backlog.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Cheshire East served with improvement notice
By Martin Ford | 13 August 2024
The Government has issued an improvement notice to Cheshire East Council’s children’s services.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Build on the political will
By Andy Smith | 30 July 2024
ADCS president Andy Smith promises no simple solutions, but is positive about the prospects of im...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Some reel difference-makers
By John Cooper | 26 July 2024
Dozens of local authorities are investing modest sums in a fostering film project that could pote...
ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES
Call for 'cross-government plan for childhood'
By Martin Ford | 12 July 2024
The new Government’s approach to child poverty ‘doesn’t go far enough’, the president of the Asso...
FINANCE
Avoiding the iceberg
By David Phillips | 18 June 2024
David Phillips suggests steps the next government and councils should take to alleviate the secto...
LEGAL
Inquiry call over asylum hotel use
By Dan Peters | 17 June 2024
A charity has called for a statutory independent inquiry into the use of hotels for unaccompanied...
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