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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Directors leave Sandwell's struggling children's department
By Jonathan Werran | 28 February 2017
Two senior directors responsible for running Sandwell MBC’s beleaguered children’s services depar...
WHITEHALL
MPs: Councils should be able to create multi-academy trusts
By William Eichler | 28 February 2017
Local authorities with a track record of strong educational performance should be allowed to crea...
FINANCE
Birmingham denies Rogers in line for £500k exit package
By Jamie Hailstone | 24 February 2017
Birmingham City Council has denied that outgoing chief executive Mark Rogers is in line for a £50...
FINANCE
Rogers prepares Brum exit
By Heather Jameson | 21 February 2017
Birmingham City Council leader John Clancy had a ‘gun to his head’ before deciding to oust chief ...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Step in or step back from Brum
By Heather Jameson | 21 February 2017
If the Government wants to run Birmingham, it has the power to intervene – otherwise it should le...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Learning the lessons from an 'inadequate' judgement
By Sean Harriss | 21 February 2017
As part of iMPOWER’s children’s services essay collection Shining a Light, Sean Harriss offers ad...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Rogers to leave beleaguered Brum
By Heather Jameson | 19 February 2017
Birmingham City Council has announced the departure of chief executive Mark Rogers in the latest ...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Birmingham may drop criminal record checks
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2017
The council at the centre of the Trojan Horse scandal is expected to ditch three-year criminal re...
WHITEHALL
Government announces plans to return powers to Rotherham
By William Eichler | 10 February 2017
The communities secretary has announced his intention to return more powers to Rotherham MBC - a ...
WHITEHALL
Councils call for academy intervention powers
By Laura Sharman | 10 February 2017
Councils have called for new powers to help transform struggling academy schools.
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