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MANAGEMENT
Ofsted highlights 'serious and widespread failures' at council
By Chris Mahony | 27 January 2020
Children in Middlesbrough are being left at risk for too long because of failures in practice and...
FINANCE
Ofsted chief in 'blind spots' warning
By Paul Marinko | 21 January 2020
Ofsted’s chief has warned of ‘blind spots’ in the children’s services inspection system that coul...
WHITEHALL
LEPs start to buckle after overlap threat
By Dan Peters | 21 January 2020
Local enterprise partnerships (LEP) are finally succumbing to a threat by ministers to withhold f...
FINANCE
Brum to save millions from up-front pensions payment plan
By Dan Peters | 21 January 2020
Birmingham City Council will pay three years of pension fund contributions up front to save more ...
WHITEHALL
York welcomes House of Lords move suggestion
By Paul Marinko | 20 January 2020
York City Council has welcomed news that the Government is considering moving the House of Lords ...
FINANCE
Shining a strong light
By Paul Marinko | 14 January 2020
The Local Government Association is about to launch a review of its peer challenge process. Paul ...
OFSTED
Medway given six months to turn around children's services
By Martin Ford | 14 January 2020
Medway Council could lose control of its children’s services unless it improves standards within ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Government: Commissioner no longer needs to oversee Wakefield children's services
By Dan Peters | 10 January 2020
The Government has agreed that a commissioner no longer needs to oversee Wakefield Council’s chil...
FINANCE
Index reveals true scale of town halls' resilience
By EXCLUSIVE by Heather Jameson | 09 January 2020
Northamptonshire CC is no longer the council most at risk when it comes to its financial stabilit...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Boston urged to 'shout loudly'
By Martin Ford | 02 January 2020
The council has been told it should be proud of its achievements following a corporate peer chall...
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Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job
Director of Social Work and Social Care
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