CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Plans to create pool of external experts

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Government moves away from sector-led improvement in children’s services have been criticised day...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Public safety is top concern for whistleblowers

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

The proportion of concerns about public safety in local government dealt with by a whistleblowing...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

New adult social care director for Leeds

06 January 2015

Cath Roff has been appointed director of adult social care at Leeds City Council.

FINANCE

Miliband pledges to end a 'century of centralisation'

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 January 2015

Labour leader Ed Miliband reiterated his promise to devolve powers, as part of a major speech out...

BUSINESS

Retrenchment would be the worst thing councils could do

By Andrew Jepp | 23 December 2014

Funding cuts continue to dominate the local council agenda and last week’s announcement of 2015/1...

BUSINESS

Council staffing continues to decline but NHS increases

By Michael Burton | 17 December 2014

The number of local government employees has fallen by 33,000 since last year while NHS staff num...

BUSINESS

Health staffing is up as local government employment falls

By Michael Burton | 17 December 2014

The latest figures on public sector employment out today show a continuing drop in staffing, whic...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

'Keep children's social care within the sector'

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

Children’s services directors have insisted that support for improvement should be sector-owned a...

HEALTH

Miliband's New Homes Bonus plan is a funding cut for districts

By Michael Burton | 12 December 2014

Ed Miliband’s strategy for the public finances remains as clear as mud – but then perhaps he is b...

WHITEHALL

Wilshaw: Council control of schools debate is yesterday's argument

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2014

Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has suggested the debate over whether schools should be under loc...

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