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Childcare should be freed from councils, says MPNurseries and children's centres should be able to take on 'academy status' and be freed from local authority control, according to a Conservative MP. 21 May 2012
Children's lives to be focus of Scots' inspectionsThe Scottish Care Inspectorate is to spearhead a strategic assessment of care services for children over the coming year, under plans published today in the latest local government inspection timetable. 16 May 2012
Adoption 'scorecards' are not credible, say councilsThe government's assessments of individual adoption services, published today, lack credibility and could deter prospective adopters, councils have said. 11 May 2012
Councils bid for extra care moneyA campaign is mounting to secure councils a grant funding top-up to meet the costs of children in care, Public Finance has learnt. 26 April 2012

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Age-old questionsThe Dilnot report is the latest attempt to find a solution to the social care funding crisis. To avoid the fate of its predecessors, it has erred on the side of compromise. But in doing so it has avoided tackling the prickly issues of varying quality of care and huge wealth disparities. Polly Toynbee and David Walker report 01 August 2011
Divide and rule?By loading responsibility for the bulk of spending cuts on to councils, the government has managed to spread the consequences far and wide. The result, says Tony Travers, is that everyone is fighting separate battles to save their favourite services and overall opposition is weak 01 May 2011
Welfare: thinking the thinkableWelfare reform is crucial to the coalition's agenda. But ministers' plans are driven by cuts rather than consistent principles, while Labour seems out of touch. Policy thinkers Gavin Kelly and Nick Pearce map out a better approach 13 December 2010

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Dodging Dilnot
James Lloyd
Queen's Speech: Don't forget local government
Andy Sawford
Treasury puts the bind on bonds
Mark Hellowell
Survival of the social care cheapest?
Claudia Wood
Pensions without tiers
James Lloyd

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