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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Experts raise concerns over children's services deadline
By Joe Lepper | 28 April 2026
‘Clear and credible concerns’ have been raised by experts that some council children’s services will struggle to meet a government deadline to overhaul family support.
LEGAL
Southport Inquiry: a damning verdict
By Martin Ford | 23 April 2026
The inquiry into the devastating knife attack that claimed the lives of three young children in 2...
ADCS
'Banging the table for children'
By Ann McGauran | 22 April 2026
The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services’ passionate belief in th...
SEND
Moving SEND mainstream
By Martin Ford | 16 April 2026
The Government’s blueprint for reforming the SEND system has landed, but important details are st...
SEND
SEND bailout at risk as councils await crucial guidance
By Martin Ford | 16 April 2026
Councils are facing a race against time to unlock essential central government funding for SEND (...
SEND
Sector needs clarity and funding to plan for SEND reform
By Paul Marinko | 16 April 2026
The Government can ill afford to allow their SEND reforms to fail, says Paul Marinko. 'There must...
FUNDING
When councils get desperate, they start being cultural liquidators
By Ben Page | 13 April 2026
When a council sells off art for ‘small change', it sends a signal to the public that the state i...
LOCAL COUNCILS NETWORK
New name, same game
By Cllr Richard Wright | 09 April 2026
Chair of the newly-branded LCN, Richard Wright, talks to Paul Marinko about the network’s aims, w...
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
A North Star guiding tough decision making
By Cllr Caroline Woodley | 02 April 2026
By embedding an anti-racist and anti-discriminatory mindset into commissioning, procurement, and ...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Peering into the future of Total Place
By Ann McGauran | 24 March 2026
National policymakers and local system leaders gathered at a convention to look at how place-base...
FINANCE
Counting the cost of rectifying exceptional financial support to councils
By David Blackman | 19 March 2026
The scale of the problems exceptional financial support is intended to tackle highlights the need...
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