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Jo Miller: We must create the village to raise a child
As the adage goes, children are our future. But if we remain in a reactive spending cycle on acute services, we aren’t giving them or ourselves much of a chance.
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John Sinnott: Cipfa deserves backing over resilience
I was disappointed but not surprised to see something of a rush to criticise the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy’s consultation on its plans to establish an index of financial resilience for English councils.
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Mark Lloyd: green paper must not dodge social care's big questions
Every one of us will at some point have contact with adult social care, whether we need it for ourselves or a loved one, or if we work in the sector or as an unpaid carer. Adult social care and support matters – it helps people live the life they want to.
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MPs call for greater devolution post-Brexit
A devolution policy for the union must be established to help solve constitutional problems, says the public administration and constitutional affairs committee
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North Yorkshire becomes the first council to be awarded the highest rating in all categories for children’s social care under new inspection framework
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Former Northants section 151 officer said the then director of children’s services had a “strong” reluctance to contribute to savings during a financial crisis
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County council’s continuing reliance on reserves to plug budget gaps is “unsustainable”
Northants’ bid to close 21 libraries ruled 'unlawful'Subscription
“I appreciate the real pressure the cabinet and… officers were operating under. However, this did not relieve the defendant of the need to act lawfully”
Birmingham used reserves to 'mask' £75m annual deficitSubscription
Grant Thornton said it was planning to issue a qualified ‘adverse’ value for money conclusion of Birmingham’s accounts for 2017-18
District proposes £375m light rail scheme to Heathrow AirportSubscription
Borough also purchases three new properties for a combined total of £285m as it continues its commercial investment strategy
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Unitary imposes spend moratoriumSubscription
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The inspector said senior management were not implementing changes quickly enough.
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The stand-off between the Scottish administration and the UK government at Westminster is a constitutional showdown of major proportions.
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