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REORGANISATION
Exclusive: Reorganisation 'heaps further pressure' on children's leadership
By Ann McGauran | 27 May 2026
Local government reorganisation (LGR) heaps further pressure on the supply of ‘a scarce group of ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Regional Care Co-operatives to be expanded
By Martin Ford | 26 May 2026
Regional Care Co-operatives are to be bolstered as part of an ‘implementation plan’ for children’...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Social workers in safeguarding warning
By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2026
Home Office plans to overrule councils’ decisions on the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking chil...
WHITEHALL
'Concerned' Reed launches anti-profiteering push
By Dan Peters | 21 May 2026
‘Concerned’ local government secretary Steve Reed has vowed to ‘take action’ to tackle ‘profiteer...
SOCIAL CARE
Lancashire to work 'at pace' to meet Southport Inquiry demands
By Martin Ford | 19 May 2026
Lancashire CC has said it will have to work ‘at pace’ to meet the requirements of the inquiry int...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Breaking point: Tough choices for childrens' services
By Martin Ford | 06 May 2026
Governments are finally confronting the spiralling cost of children’s services. As pressures inte...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Warning over financial risks faced by children's care providers
By Martin Ford | 06 May 2026
Some of the largest children’s social care providers could be vulnerable to financial shocks, acc...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Will the Grooming Gangs Inquiry make a difference?
By Alan Collins | 06 May 2026
Alan Collins says the Grooming Gangs Inquiry has the power to create real change, particularly if...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's service reforms lack 'foundations for success'
By Martin Ford | 30 April 2026
The Government must go further to fix children’s social care market, a think-tank has urged.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Experts raise concerns over children's services deadline
By Joe Lepper | 28 April 2026
‘Clear and credible concerns’ have been raised by experts that some council children’s services w...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
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