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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
SEN2: What the 2023 changes mean for local authorities
By Gareth Copeland | 17 January 2023
Moving the Special Educational Needs survey to a more detailed, person level return has significa...
FINANCE
SEND advice service requires 'drastic' overhaul
By Martin Ford | 13 January 2023
A special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) advice service has been savaged in an indepen...
EDUCATION
MATs are local and need to be civic players
By Jonathan Crossley-Holland | 12 January 2023
Research on multi-academy trusts highlights that most are locality based, despite 20 years of att...
HEALTH
A statement of caution and retreat
By Charlotte Alldritt | 05 January 2023
Rishi Sunak’s 2023 priorities speech lacked detail, says Charlotte Alldritt.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Labour outlines huge devolution push
By Mark Conrad | 05 December 2022
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has proposed removing the ‘dead hand of centralisation’ by devolvi...
EDUCATION
'Significant weaknesses' in two-thirds of SEND services
By Martin Ford | 18 November 2022
‘Significant weaknesses’ were found in more than two-thirds of services for children with special...
EDUCATION
Leader admits SEND report was 'uncomfortable reading'
By Martin Ford | 10 November 2022
Kent CC is at risk of Government intervention following a damning indictment of its provision for...
FINANCE
Council in talks over safety valve breach
By Martin Ford | 03 November 2022
Dorset Council is holding talks with Whitehall as it expects to breach an agreement to pay off it...
EDUCATION
Councils criticised for 'inadequate' responses to murders
By William Eichler | 19 October 2022
Solihull and Bradford councils have faced further criticism due to their ‘inadequate’ responses t...
WHITEHALL
'Serious concerns' raised over chiefs after child deaths
By Mark Conrad | 26 September 2022
MPs have written to new education secretary Kit Malthouse raising ‘serious concerns’ over the chi...
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- Impact of ICB cuts leads councils to moot legal challenge
- EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Basildon pauses chief executive search
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- Rewiring the state: The case for a 50 to state pension age labour market measure
- Scottish councils reject reorganisation
Associate Director – Acquisitions, Compliance & Maintenance
£111,579 - £122,596
Shape Dudley’s future through bold investment, safe homes and transformational estate leadership. Apply for this job
Associate Director – Streetscene
£96,064 - £107,932
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking an exceptional leader to join our senior leadership team as Associate Director – Streetscene Apply for this job
Executive Director of Housing
£172,260 - £178,848
We will look to you to strengthen regulatory readiness, compliance and building safety; improve repairs Apply for this job
- Impact of ICB cuts leads councils to moot legal challenge
- EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Basildon pauses chief executive search
- EXCLUSIVE: Councils told to 'avoid publicity' over business rates refunds
- Rewiring the state: The case for a 50 to state pension age labour market measure
- Scottish councils reject reorganisation
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