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FINANCE
LGO: New ombudsman should have beefed up powers
By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has called for a new public services ombudsman to be given p...
HEALTH
Finance chiefs seek change to 'inconsistent' funding system
By Heather Jameson | 17 June 2015
Even the most successful authorities are struggling to meet the financial challenges they face, a...
HEALTH
Health and social care merger focus of Plaid Cymru plans
By Jamie Hailstone | 17 June 2015
Plaid Cymru has called for the full integration of health and social care as part of its vision f...
HEALTH
Call for Better Care Fund 'on steroids' but uncertainty remains
By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015
Senior officials leading national work on the Better Care Fund (BCF) are in the dark about the Go...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Shoesmith calls on social workers to fight back against prison threat
By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015
Social workers need to defeat the argument that jailing public servants for failing to protect ch...
HEALTH
99% confidence rate sounds strangely Soviet
By Andrew Kaye | 12 June 2015
There are reports from the National Audit Office (NAO) that have government ministers quaking in ...
FINANCE
Finding the right balance
By John Tizard | 09 June 2015
If I were applying to be Local Government Association chief executive or on the appointment panel...
HEALTH
Meeting called to quell issues over health service funding
By MJ reporter | 09 June 2015
The leader of Plymouth City Council has called for a meeting with the chief executive of NHS Engl...
FINANCE
New rules could leave councils paying carers' pensions
By MJ reporter | 09 June 2015
Local authorities could end up footing the bill for carers’ pensions, under new guidelines, which...
FINANCE
Adult social care is 'crying out' for £8bn investment
By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015
Local authority treasurers’ societies have taken a sideswipe at the cash-guzzling NHS as they cal...
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