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14 Nov 18
An additional commissioner is likely to be sent into troubled Northamptonshire County Council after Ofsted found children’s services have “significantly declined”.
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8 Nov 18
Ministers are finally listening to local government and last week’s Budget represented a series of strategic victories for the sector, says James Maker of the County Councils Network.
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8 Nov 18
Children’s services are at a “tipping point” as social services in England take on 1,000 new child cases every day, councils have warned.
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8 Oct 18
The NHS and councils need to collaborate to develop a system to support children with mental health problems, the Local Government Association has said.
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28 Sep 18
Charities fear children will be left open to “neglect and abuse” as local authorities have drastically cut their spending on children’s centres in England over the past five years.
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20 Sep 18
A commission, using its own unique measurement, has concluded 14.2 million people in the UK were living in poverty last year.
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20 Sep 18
The UK government will return all powers to Rotherham Council after a three-year intervention, the communities secretary has announced.
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17 Sep 18
The education funding squeeze for 16 to 18 year olds in England is “clear and worrying”, a think-tank report has said.
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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.
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23 Aug 18
Local authorities will benefit from a £13m funding boost to help vulnerable children, the Home Office has said.
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20 Aug 18
The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
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15 Aug 18
Financial pressures on English councils mean they are struggling to provide a ‘good’ standard of social care provision for children, an independent think-tank has highlighted.
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7 Aug 18
Children’s services could suffer as more councils are revealed to be struggling financially, local government experts have warned.
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30 Jul 18
Children of parents with mental health problems are more likely to use health services, Health Foundation research has found.
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30 Jul 18
Funding for youth crime prevention will be doubled after a rise in incidents involving knives, the government has announced.
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24 Jul 18
Child poverty has risen twice as fast as official figures suggest and has been significantly underestimated in government data, a think-tank has warned.
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23 Jul 18
The government today announced it was minded to end its intervention at Rotherham council, three years after commissioners were first sent in.
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18 Jul 18
Facts and figures from the July 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on immigration caps, the riddle of the Lords, and the ethnic diversity gap in UK charities
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18 Jul 18
If children are our future then we need to put the money into protecting them, argues Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson
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15 Jun 18
Spending per head on local authority-led children’s services will regress 20% to 2005 levels, according to a report out this week.
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7 Jun 18
Partnerships and innovation are coming to the fore in challenging financial times, says CIPFA’s Rob Whiteman.
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1 Jun 18
Expanding grammar schools will benefit children in better off areas rather than increase opportunity for all, says the Lib Dem’s education spokesperson Layla Moran.
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30 May 18
MPs and a local government umbrella-body have called for greater funding and powers for councils to tackle childhood obesity.
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23 May 18
The government has confirmed where £6m of previously announced money to improve maths in the North is to go.
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18 May 18
Schools need more funding to deal with a “worrying” rise in demand for child mental health services, the Local Government Association has said.
8 Nov 18Ministers are finally listening to local government and last week’s Budget represented a series of strategic victories for the sector, says James Maker of the County Councils Network.
8 Nov 18Children’s services are at a “tipping point” as social services in England take on 1,000 new child cases every day, councils have warned.
8 Oct 18The NHS and councils need to collaborate to develop a system to support children with mental health problems, the Local Government Association has said.
28 Sep 18Charities fear children will be left open to “neglect and abuse” as local authorities have drastically cut their spending on children’s centres in England over the past five years.
20 Sep 18The UK government will return all powers to Rotherham Council after a three-year intervention, the communities secretary has announced.
17 Sep 18The education funding squeeze for 16 to 18 year olds in England is “clear and worrying”, a think-tank report has said.
20 Aug 18The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
7 Aug 18Children’s services could suffer as more councils are revealed to be struggling financially, local government experts have warned.
30 Jul 18Children of parents with mental health problems are more likely to use health services, Health Foundation research has found.
30 Jul 18Funding for youth crime prevention will be doubled after a rise in incidents involving knives, the government has announced.
18 Jul 18Facts and figures from the July 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on immigration caps, the riddle of the Lords, and the ethnic diversity gap in UK charities
1 Jun 18Expanding grammar schools will benefit children in better off areas rather than increase opportunity for all, says the Lib Dem’s education spokesperson Layla Moran.
23 May 18The government has confirmed where £6m of previously announced money to improve maths in the North is to go.
18 May 18Schools need more funding to deal with a “worrying” rise in demand for child mental health services, the Local Government Association has said.
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