SOCIAL CARE

Requests for publicly-funded care at record high

By William Eichler | 02 March 2023

The demand for publicly-funded social care is at a record high, a new study has revealed.

EDUCATION

New SEND plan fails on 'fundamental' issues, say council leaders

By William Eichler | 02 March 2023

The Government’s new plan to help support children with special educational needs and disabilitie...

SOCIAL CARE

Necessity is the mother of ingenuity

By Stuart Outterside | 01 March 2023

Stuart Outterside and David Rees look at how Hampshire CC is using an automated AI telephone serv...

WHITEHALL

Charting the lost decade

By Michael Burton | 01 March 2023

Economist Paul Johnson pulls no punches in his new book on the public finances which charts Gover...

SOCIAL CARE

Social care users 'failed' by complaints system, watchdog says

By William Eichler | 28 February 2023

Adults attempting to challenge social care decisions made by councils are being 'failed,’ the nat...

WHITEHALL

Children's social worker numbers drop for first time since 2017

By Paul Marinko | 27 February 2023

The Government has been urged to act after official figures showed the number of children’s socia...

WHITEHALL

Avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach to social care reform

By Becky Wilkinson | 15 February 2023

Becky Wilkinson examines what Wolverhampton City Council has learned from being a trailblazer cou...

FINANCE

Warning over reserves at Shropshire

By Martin Ford | 13 February 2023

Officers at Shropshire Council have raised concerns about reserve levels if the authority’s predi...

WHITEHALL

Tensions over children's social workers

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2023

London Councils has launched a broadside at neighbouring South East councils for luring children’...

SOCIAL CARE

Concern over lack of public health voice on ICSs

By Martin Ford | 08 February 2023

Fears have been raised that public health is being left out in the cold by Integrated Care System...

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Chief Executive

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