Improvement

By Jamie Hailstone | 19 January 2016

The local government minister has pledged to make the procurement process faster and less bureauc...

WHITEHALL

Councils' role in school improvement under threat

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016

MPs have called for a ‘fundamental reassessment of accountability and oversight’ for all schools ...

FINANCE

Birmingham leader lines up West Midlands sovereign wealth fund

By Thomas Bridge | 19 January 2016

Birmingham City Council’s new leader has met with Greg Clark to discuss the creation of a West Mi...

FINANCE

Improvement panel may disband in March

By Tom Bridge | 13 January 2016

Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has told The MJ he hopes the independent improvement pa...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Chief executive praised despite inadequate rating

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2016

Children’s services at Torbay Council have been graded inadequate by Ofsted in a report published...

WHITEHALL

Exclusive: £5.16m cash boost for Rotherham's children's services

By Heather Jameson | 17 December 2015

Rotherham MBC is to receive a cash boost of £5.16m to help its improvement programme, The MJ has ...

Clancy has 'done more in a fortnight than Bore in a year'

By Sam Clayden | 15 December 2015

Birmingham City Council’s new leader has done more since taking up the role a fortnight ago than ...

FINANCE

Birmingham City Council 'turning a corner'

By Dan Peters | 08 December 2015

Birmingham City Council is ‘turning a corner’ and has ‘increased the pace of change,’ a progress ...

WHITEHALL

Bucks CC chief to retire

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 December 2015

Chris Williams has announced he will retire from Buckinghamshire CC in March after 15 years as ch...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Improvement to suffer if top-slice slashed

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2015

Councils could be forced to cut back on sector-led improvement if the Local Government Associatio...

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