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WELFARE
Figures expose shameful causes of children's care costs
By Paul Marinko | 07 November 2019
The impact of poverty on council children’s services saw calls for action this week from MPs and ...
COHESION
Anti-extremism commissioner warns of far-right surge
By Martin Ford | 06 November 2019
Far-right extremists now account for almost half of people referred to a national intervention pr...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
The secret is out – take the challenge
By Cllr Paul Carter | 06 November 2019
The more the message is spread within councils, the stronger the Local Government Challenge has b...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
We will all pay the price for not spending on care
By Heather Jameson | 06 November 2019
Heather Jameson says the Government is tinkering on the edges of the welfare reforms in an effort...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Does our place-shaping role risk being imperilled?
By Anonymous | 04 November 2019
An anonymous writer ponders the incongruity between what the centre expects from local government...
LICENSING
Outdated taxi laws putting public at risk, councils warn
By Laura Sharman | 01 November 2019
Whitehall has been urged to reform 'outdated and flawed' taxi laws by the Local Government Associ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
All roads lead to Xmas
29 October 2019
Those of a Bah Humbug persuasion who annually moan about Christmas starting earlier and earlier s...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Councils 'set up to fail' on SEND
By Ann McGauran | 29 October 2019
A committee of MPs has acknowledged the Government’s proposal for a significant increase in high ...
FINANCE
Hold SEND balances centrally or provide 'sufficient funding'
By Ann McGauran | 28 October 2019
The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) crisis should be tackled by providing ‘suff...
WHITEHALL
LGA fears over audit delays
By Dan Peters | 28 October 2019
Problems with completing a large number of audits on time could lead to councils being penalised,...
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