Government seeks Prevent programme 'answers' after Southport attack
PREVENT

Government seeks Prevent programme 'answers' after Southport attack

By Martin Ford | 21 January 2025

Reforms to the Prevent programme are to be unveiled this week ahead of a public inquiry looking at why it failed to stop last year’s fatal Southport knife attack.

HOUSING

Questions over supported housing sustainability

By Martin Ford | 04 November 2024

A Government-commissioned review has raised questions over the sustainability of supported housin...

HOUSING

Warnings over exemption from standards for asylum housing

By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2024

Exempting asylum accommodation from “Awaab’s Law” risks more deaths due to poor housing condition...

EDUCATION

Children referred to social services twice as likely to fail GCSEs

By William Eichler | 22 August 2023

Children who have been referred to social care are twice as likely to fail an English or Maths GC...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Government admits social care data lacking

By Martin Ford | 07 August 2023

The Government has admitted a lack of data is holding back improvements to social care.

FINANCE

Future Forum: LGA hopeful over finance reform

By Martin Ford | 16 March 2023

Hopes for a large-scale reform of council funding have been raised by the Budget, according to a ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Child sexual exploitation inquiry finds serious failings

By William Eichler | 20 June 2022

An inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Oldham has found there were serious failings in the ...

HOUSING

Tacking the rising ASB scourge

By Rebecca Bryant OBE | 22 July 2021

Councils are at the heart of partnership working in the fight against Anti-Social Behaviour, says...

FINANCE

Time to wake up to social care reform

By Dr Eleanor Roy | 18 June 2020

As it is revealed that just 4% of social care directors are confident they can deliver their stat...

FINANCE

Demand for supported housing drives profits at Civitas

By Martin Ford | 03 December 2019

Civitas Social Housing has reported a surge in profits driven by a need for supported accommodation.

HUMAN RESOURCES

The absence of the human touch 

By Blair McPherson | 25 November 2019

Blair Mcpherson ponders a recruitment software package to be used in conjunction with video inter...

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