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SOCIAL CARE
Ministers row with LGA over fair funding review modelling
By Ann McGauran | 28 January 2020
A row broke out between ministers and the Local Government Association (LGA) after it modelled th...
FINANCE
A plan for social care is finally coming. What should be in it?
By Paul Burstow | 27 January 2020
Having a clear view about the outcomes sought is key to drawing up a new plan for social care - a...
MANAGEMENT
Ofsted highlights 'serious and widespread failures' at council
By Chris Mahony | 27 January 2020
Children in Middlesbrough are being left at risk for too long because of failures in practice and...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'There can be and will be no complacency'
By Joanne Roney | 23 January 2020
Joanne Roney says that while addressing past failures is ‘very necessary’, we must not lose sight...
FINANCE
Ofsted chief in 'blind spots' warning
By Paul Marinko | 21 January 2020
Ofsted’s chief has warned of ‘blind spots’ in the children’s services inspection system that coul...
SOCIAL CARE
Online tool helps residents assess likely care costs
By Anton Hodge | 20 January 2020
Anton Hodge describes how a new online tool to help people assess the likely cost of adult social...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
An efficient collaboration
By Victoria Gould | 15 January 2020
Victoria Gould of Warwickshire CC’s award-winning Young People Legal Service team (YPLS) explains...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Roney warns against complacency after damning review
By Mark Conrad | 14 January 2020
Manchester City Council’s chief executive has insisted the authority will not be complacent about...
WHITEHALL
Government social care plans to be published this year - Johnson
By Mark Conrad | 14 January 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson today vowed to publish the Government’s long-awaited social care pla...
SOCIAL CARE
£12m cash boost for council care workers
By Ann McGauran | 10 January 2020
A council plans to put an extra £12m in the hands of its 30,000 care workers by adding two per ce...
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£58,310 per annum
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Lead Lawyer - Contracts and Commercial - WMF2715e
£51,356 - £52,412
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Director of Neighbourhoods
£143,792
This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing, forward thinking organisation at a pivotal moment. Apply for this job
- 'Widespread lack of understanding' to blame for key worker oversight
- Councils record mixed rough sleeping picture
- Leadership in local government is rarely about having full control
- Reorganisation is an opportunity to switch to a more preventative system
- Councils face 'capacity crisis' of unspent developer funds
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