LEGAL

Interim chief for troubled Thanet

By Paul Marinko | 15 July 2022

Canterbury City Council’s former top officer Colin Carmichael has been appointed interim chief ex...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Council apologises for child sexual exploitation

By Dan Peters | 13 July 2022

Telford & Wrekin Council has apologised ‘wholeheartedly’ after an inquiry concluded more than 1,0...

REORGANISATION

Structural change not a cure-all for children's services

By Martin Ford | 11 July 2022

Structural change alone is not enough to turn around children’s services, a new report has found.

FINANCE

Consultation to be held on new intervention powers

By Martin Ford | 07 July 2022

The Government has committed to consulting the sector over new powers of intervention in council ...

OFSTED

Improvement notice for Tameside

By Martin Ford | 06 July 2022

Tameside MBC’s children’s social care service has been issued with an improvement notice by the D...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Same issues, new interventions and little progress

By Heather Jameson | 05 July 2022

Global pandemic and cost of living crisis aside, last week’s Local Government Association confere...

WHITEHALL

Diversionary dodges

By Dan Corry | 05 July 2022

Dan Corry looks at whether trying to make people talk about the things you want really works, but...

WHITEHALL

Liverpool to impose leader-cabinet model

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2022

Liverpool City Council’s ruling Labour group is expected to ignore a consultation and impose a le...

HOUSING

Don't take socially rented homes out of use

By Claire Kober | 28 June 2022

Claire Kober says that while home ownership is deeply ingrained in the national psyche, taking so...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Gove urges councils to call out poor performance

By Heather Jameson | 28 June 2022

Levelling up secretary Michael Gove quite rightly sung the praises of local government for the se...

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