WHITEHALL

Five councils strike bailout deals with government over SEND

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2021

Five councils have struck deals worth at least £100m that will allow them to wipe out their massi...

OFSTED

Intervention at Blackpool to end

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2021

A commissioner has recommended intervention in children’s services at Blackpool Council should co...

FINANCE

LGA forced to pay back £1m in unused grant

By Heather Jameson | 11 March 2021

The Local Government Association (LGA) will have to pay back around £1m in unused cash to central...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Commissioners to step down from Torbay children's services

By Heather Jameson | 08 March 2021

Government-appointed children’s commissioners are set to step down from Torbay Council in April a...

FINANCE

Crisis-hit Croydon expected to sell development firm

By Dan Peters | 17 February 2021

Senior councillors at crisis-hit Croydon LBC are expected to back moves to sell its controversial...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Brum eyes up another interim amid a dearth of candidates

By Heather Jameson | 11 February 2021

Birmingham City Council is set to hire a further interim chief executive as there is ‘not a pool ...

MANAGEMENT

Alchemy – leadership in the pandemic age?

By Dr Andrew Larner | 10 February 2021

During the pandemic leadership has been tested across every sector in so many different ways, say...

OFSTED

Intervention ends at Reading

By Martin Ford | 09 February 2021

Government intervention in Reading Council’s children’s services has come to an end after five ye...

COUNCILLORS

Failing to act on audit invites intervention, says Whiteman

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021

A failure to act on the Redmond review could lead to more Government intervention, finance chief ...

FINANCE

Extremist fears over vaccine myths

By Dan Peters | 02 February 2021

Far-right extremists are feared to be behind the circulation of coronavirus vaccine myths on soci...

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