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20 Dec 16
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have accused the government of exaggerating savings generated by its initiative to ‘turn around’ the lives of 120,000 troubled families and concluded the...
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3 Nov 16
Central government funding to support the resettlement of unaccompanied migrant children by local councils is “wholly inadequate”, according to the president of the Association of Directors of...
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20 Oct 16
Local authorities’ “opaque and often ideological” resistance to outsourcing children’s services can be counter-productive to improving outcomes for young people, according to...
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18 Oct 16
An evaluation of the government’s Troubled Families programme has found the flagship scheme has failed to have any significant impact on key areas where it was meant to help, such as employment and...
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12 Oct 16
Actions taken by the Department for Education since 2010 to improve the quality of local child protection services have been “extremely disappointing”, the National Audit Office said...
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29 Sep 16
A Scottish Government report has accused the country’s councils of diverting millions of pounds of central government money away from supporting delivery of ministers’ free childcare pledge.
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21 Sep 16
Attempts to better join up public services remain on the periphery of the system due to organisational and psychological barriers to reform, a review has found.
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17 Aug 16
Senior local government figures have called for greater national co-ordination of support for unaccompanied children and young people who arrive in the UK ahead of a visit to the “Jungle...
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29 Jun 16
Weak leadership in England’s child services is letting down the most vulnerable children in society, according to an Ofsted report.
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20 Jun 16
Scotland’s auditor general has said she intends to keep a close eye on the Scottish government’s highly controversial plan to allocate every child in Scotland a public sector “named person” from...
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16 Jun 16
The government’s pledge to provide 30 hours of free childcare for working families next year may not be met because of lack of capacity in the provider market, the Public Accounts Committee has...
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28 Apr 16
Reshaping service provision from the perspective of vulnerable women can not only improve outcomes, it can also dramatically cut long-term costs
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25 Apr 16
All schools are due to become academies by 2022, yet arguments still rage over their effects on standards, their financial management and whether they provide value for money
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13 Apr 16
A full frontal assault on public service professionals by ministers and Whitehall is hammering morale and weakening public trust
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9 Mar 16
The Local Government Association and Solace have slammed Ofsted for locking councils into inadequate ratings for their children’s services, and said proposed changes don’t go far enough...
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2 Mar 16
The Department for Education is unable to track the effectiveness of £2.7bn being spent on a flagship free childcare programme, according to a report by the National Audit Office.
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1 Mar 16
Ofsted is to take inspections of early year services in-house from April 2017 in order to better coordinate oversight of the sector.
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1 Mar 16
Full local retention of business rates will not provide sufficient funds to allow councils to maintain early intervention services at current levels, a poll of councillors has found.
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24 Feb 16
Charities are coming under increasing scrutiny over their governance and fundraising tactics, just as they are taking on more vital work once performed by public organisations
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2 Feb 16
Six councils from across England are to be given £13m to pilot the government’s extension of free childcare for three- and four-year-olds later this year, ministers have announced.
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1 Feb 16
An “extraordinary catalogue of failures” by both government and regulators led to the collapse of high-profile charity Kids Company last year, MPs said today.
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27 Jan 16
The ability to anticipate demands will improve planning and financial efficiency, and collecting and analysing data will enable the public sector to look ahead
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14 Jan 16
Four public sector watchdogs have confirmed that they will undertake joint inspections of services for vulnerable children this year in order to better assess provision in local areas.
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18 Dec 15
Two parliamentary select committees have launched a rare joint-inquiry to scrutinise the government’s life chances strategy and the impact of early years intervention.
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14 Dec 15
Councils with poorly performing children’s social services will have the departments taken over by other authorities or charities under plans set out by David Cameron today.
20 Dec 16MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have accused the government of exaggerating savings generated by its initiative to ‘turn around’ the lives of 120,000 troubled families and concluded the...
3 Nov 16Central government funding to support the resettlement of unaccompanied migrant children by local councils is “wholly inadequate”, according to the president of the Association of Directors of...
20 Oct 16Local authorities’ “opaque and often ideological” resistance to outsourcing children’s services can be counter-productive to improving outcomes for young people, according to...
12 Oct 16Actions taken by the Department for Education since 2010 to improve the quality of local child protection services have been “extremely disappointing”, the National Audit Office said...
29 Sep 16A Scottish Government report has accused the country’s councils of diverting millions of pounds of central government money away from supporting delivery of ministers’ free childcare pledge.
21 Sep 16Attempts to better join up public services remain on the periphery of the system due to organisational and psychological barriers to reform, a review has found.
17 Aug 16Senior local government figures have called for greater national co-ordination of support for unaccompanied children and young people who arrive in the UK ahead of a visit to the “Jungle...
20 Jun 16Scotland’s auditor general has said she intends to keep a close eye on the Scottish government’s highly controversial plan to allocate every child in Scotland a public sector “named person” from...
16 Jun 16The government’s pledge to provide 30 hours of free childcare for working families next year may not be met because of lack of capacity in the provider market, the Public Accounts Committee has...
28 Apr 16Reshaping service provision from the perspective of vulnerable women can not only improve outcomes, it can also dramatically cut long-term costs
25 Apr 16All schools are due to become academies by 2022, yet arguments still rage over their effects on standards, their financial management and whether they provide value for money
13 Apr 16A full frontal assault on public service professionals by ministers and Whitehall is hammering morale and weakening public trust
2 Mar 16The Department for Education is unable to track the effectiveness of £2.7bn being spent on a flagship free childcare programme, according to a report by the National Audit Office.
24 Feb 16Charities are coming under increasing scrutiny over their governance and fundraising tactics, just as they are taking on more vital work once performed by public organisations
27 Jan 16The ability to anticipate demands will improve planning and financial efficiency, and collecting and analysing data will enable the public sector to look ahead
18 Dec 15Two parliamentary select committees have launched a rare joint-inquiry to scrutinise the government’s life chances strategy and the impact of early years intervention.
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