CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

VIDEO: Ex-children's head sidelined over Rotherham CSE cases

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

A former director of children’s services at Rotherham MBC has been sidelined from her job in Aust...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Tackling CSE needs more 'statutory teeth'

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2015

Chief executives have been urged to provide challenge as well as support to their council’s effor...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA demands changes to Ofsted's 'blinkered' inspection regime

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2015

Councils in England and Wales have called for an overhaul in the way children’s services are insp...

ROTHERHAM ABUSE

Healey launches libel action against UKIP councillor

By Heather Jameson | 12 January 2015

Former local government minister and The MJ’s columnist, John Healey, has launched legal action a...

WHITEHALL

Amid the cuts, let's toast to local devolved government in 2015

By Heather Jameson | 16 December 2014

And so we reach the end of the year and, despite the predictions of Armageddon that have characte...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Axe fears over top-slice

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2014

The future of sector-led improvement hangs in the balance with fears that Whitehall’s grant to th...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Ofsted hits back at criticism

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2014

Ofsted has insisted its inspections must continue to sit alongside sector-led improvement despite...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Council officers' CSE commitment after inquiry

By Dan Peters | 25 November 2014

Senior Birmingham City Council officers have expressed their commitment to tackling child sexual ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Birmingham director hails 'groundbreaking' sexual exploitation case

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2014

Birmingham City Council’s strategic director for people has hailed a ‘groundbreaking’ case that l...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

MPs and Ofsted clash over CSE failures

By Mark Conrad | 18 November 2014

Ofsted has criticised council leadership on child sexual exploitation (CSE) hours after MPs deman...

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Strategic Director for Growth

to £168k

We’re determined to make Plymouth one of the most vibrant waterfront cities in Europe. Apply for this job

Plymouth City Council

Assistant Director: Planning, Transport & Public Protection

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Great places are shaped by great people. And Reading is no exception. Apply for this job

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