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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Frustration grows over SEND deficits funding crackdown
By Dan Peters | 19 February 2020
Councils are unhappy about the Government’s message that they cannot rely on schools block fundin...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Demand led, resource constrained: SEND is broken
By Ian Thomas | 17 February 2020
Outraged at the Government's call for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities financial recove...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Government seeks clampdown on independent accommodation for children
By Martin Ford | 12 February 2020
Proposals to ban the use of independent accommodation for younger children in care have been met ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Creating communities for all ages
By Stephen Burke | 12 February 2020
Bringing younger and older people together produces dividends, says Stephen Burke, who outlines h...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'Things will not get better: We need radical action'
By Neil McInroy | 12 February 2020
Neil McInroy argues that a crisis in children’s and adults’ services calls for ‘a new spirit of a...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The sound of silence
By Chris Mahony | 12 February 2020
Local agencies are often ‘woefully ill-equipped’ to stop child sexual abuse in the family environ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Tackling familial sexual abuse needs a sustained approach
By Mark Rogers | 11 February 2020
Dealing with child sexual abuse in the family environment calls for informed, committed and resou...
OFSTED
Council announces £4.4m for 'significantly declined' children's services
By William Eichler | 07 February 2020
Hull City Council has announced a series of measures to improve children’s services after Ofsted ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Local agencies 'woefully ill-equipped' to stop child abuse
By Chris Mahony | 04 February 2020
Children are being left at risk because local agencies – including social care – are often ‘woefu...
FINANCE
Davey: SEND crisis could blow up in councils
By Dan Peters | 30 January 2020
The acting Lib Dem leader has warned that the crisis in special educational needs and disability ...
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