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NICs increase ‘already impacting’ social care costs
The increase in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) for 2025-26 is already impacting councils’ costs and their ...
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Zoe Fearon and Stephen Young: Children’s social care needs wide scale reform
The approach to children’s social care was very different 20 years ago, write the director of children’s services and chief ...
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Chief to move to nearby district
Adam Hill, chief executive of Mansfield DC, will step down from his role in the new year to take up the top job at nearby ...
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More than 10,000 new children’s social workers ‘needed in next decade’
Councils are calling for a new workforce strategy for children’s social workers after research indicated they will need to recruit more than 10,000 more ...