All local authorities with children’s services have been informed of the government’s intention to temporarily mandate the National Transfer Scheme.

A new survey has found that nearly a third of care staff believe that staffing levels are getting worse and negatively affecting the care provided.

The cumulative number of young people being electively home educated during 2020-21 was 34 per cent higher than 2019-20 totals.

Universities will be required to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children by driving up education standards in schools in the local community.

Social care-providing authorities are now spending more than 60 per cent of their outgoings on essential services.

Fourteen ‘brownfield’ sites have been identified for nearly 3,000 new homes in the Liverpool City Region.

Councils are to be forced to care for some of the unaccompanied asylum seeker children who have arrived via the English Channel in small boats.

People living in social housing will be safer in their homes under new rules that will mean smoke alarms must be fitted in all rented accommodation.

More than 5,000 new homes in flood-risk areas of England have been granted planning permission so far this year.

The Local Government Association has announced the nine successful councils in its new Digital Pathfinders Programme.
The LGA, who represent councils in England and Wales, designed a programme to support councils seeking to innovate and develop pioneering initiatives to advance digital inclusion, digital connectivity, and cyber security. It will also help councils whose work will offer a positive example to others in the sector, through sustainable change programmes.
In total, 75 councils in England were shortlisted through a competitive bidding process.