Improvement

By Naomi Larsson | 31 August 2021

Durham Council must take decisive action to end unregistered placements for children in care, Ofs...

WHITEHALL

MHCLG defends choice of Croydon improvement panel

By Dan Peters | 27 August 2021

The Government has defended choosing an all-white improvement panel for a council where more than...

Commissioner to be appointed at Bradford

By Martin Ford | 10 August 2021

The Government is to appoint a commissioner to oversee improvements to children’s services at Bra...

BUSINESS

PwC to help Nottingham transformation vision

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2021

Nottingham City Council will pay consultancy PwC £400,000 to help draw up its ‘vision for what it...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Birmingham faces intervention on SEND

By Heather Jameson | 27 July 2021

Birmingham City Council faces a further intervention after a damning Ofsted report revealed it wa...

FINANCE

LGA boosts finance help

By William Eichler | 27 July 2021

Local authority leaders have laid out a raft of changes aimed at helping councils become more fin...

FINANCE

Liverpool's accounts delayed by police investigation

By Heather Jameson | 14 July 2021

Liverpool City Council auditors have warned they will not be able to sign off the council’s accou...

IMPROVEMENT

Revered and reviled - the lot of a regulator

13 July 2021

Local government's reluctance to embrace regulation is understandable, but it fails to see the si...

AUDIT

Telling the whole place story

By David Walker | 13 July 2021

A Fabian pamphlet calls on Labour to commit to a new Place Audit Office (PAO) within the National...

OFSTED

Ofsted chief rubbishes 'inspection tsunami' claim

By Martin Ford | 09 July 2021

Amanda Spielman has sought to ease concerns about a deluge of inspections as the watchdog resumes...

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