-
3 Dec 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has provided more clarity on funding but Covid-19 has left local authorities with inadequate funds to actively promote the welfare of children, says Jenny Coles.
-
4 Mar 20
The Royal College of Paediatric and Children’s Health has called for the reversal of £1bn of real term cuts to the public health grant for local authorities.
-
11 Feb 20
Government must support families – including ‘corporate’ ones – instead of heaping scorn on them when low income leaves them struggling to cope, writes Kathy Evans of Children England.
-
31 Jan 20
Blackpool Council has announced that it will cut 75 jobs in order to pump £14m into its strained children’s services.
-
29 Jan 20
The recovery of crisis-hit Northamptonshire County Council will depend on the authority’s ability to improve its children’s services which still pose a risk to the council’s finances, commissioners...
-
3 Dec 19
The competitive market place in children’s services has brought the system “close to collapse”, a charity leader has warned.
-
15 Oct 19
Two London councils’ shared children’s services have received a second ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted.
-
13 Aug 19
Nearly two-thirds of looked after children are cared for by local authorities with substandard services, a think-tank has found.
-
30 Jul 19
Northamptonshire County Council’s children services are “failing to keep children safe”, a watchdog has concluded.
-
1 Jul 19
Council leaders have warned of a child mental health crisis after the number of disorders recorded in England increased by more than half in just four years.
-
16 May 19
The Children’s Commissioner has called on councils to provide information on detained children in their area, in a study out today.
-
23 Jan 19
The government should know more about why council spending on children’s social care in England is increasing, the National Audit Office has said.
-
15 Nov 18
Social care was the largest area of increased expenditure for local authorities in the last financial year, government figures have revealed.
-
20 Sep 18
The UK government will return all powers to Rotherham Council after a three-year intervention, the communities secretary has announced.
-
10 Sep 18
Thousands of children could miss out on care unless the government clarifies what councils must legally provide as they cut services, the Children’s Commissioner has told PF.
-
16 Aug 18
Stricken Northamptonshire County Council is looking for a new permanent finance director who will “roll their sleeves up” and is ready to make “hard decisions”.
3 Dec 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has provided more clarity on funding but Covid-19 has left local authorities with inadequate funds to actively promote the welfare of children, says Jenny Coles.
4 Mar 20The Royal College of Paediatric and Children’s Health has called for the reversal of £1bn of real term cuts to the public health grant for local authorities.
11 Feb 20Government must support families – including ‘corporate’ ones – instead of heaping scorn on them when low income leaves them struggling to cope, writes Kathy Evans of Children England.
31 Jan 20Blackpool Council has announced that it will cut 75 jobs in order to pump £14m into its strained children’s services.
29 Jan 20The recovery of crisis-hit Northamptonshire County Council will depend on the authority’s ability to improve its children’s services which still pose a risk to the council’s finances, commissioners...
3 Dec 19The competitive market place in children’s services has brought the system “close to collapse”, a charity leader has warned.
15 Oct 19Two London councils’ shared children’s services have received a second ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted.
13 Aug 19Nearly two-thirds of looked after children are cared for by local authorities with substandard services, a think-tank has found.
30 Jul 19Northamptonshire County Council’s children services are “failing to keep children safe”, a watchdog has concluded.
20 Sep 18The UK government will return all powers to Rotherham Council after a three-year intervention, the communities secretary has announced.
