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• Agency social work rules come into force

  31-10-2024 22:42
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Rules curbing English councils’ use of agency social workers in children’s services come into force today, with the implementation of statutory guidance on their use.
  Under the policy, authorities will be expected to agree regional pay caps on locums’ hourly rates, refrain from hiring early career practitioners – or staff who have recently left permanent roles in the
  
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• Further delay to children’s social care reform will prolong ‘crisis’ and increase costs, charities warn

  31-10-2024 19:19
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Further delay to the reform of children’s social care will prolong the “crisis” the sector is in and increase costs, charities have warned in response to the Budget.
  The Children’s Charities Coalition issued the message after the government indicated that “fundamental reform” of the sector would be implemented from April 2026 at the earliest, in its Budget
  
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• Children’s social care reform delay will prolong ‘crisis’ and increase costs, charities warn

  31-10-2024 19:19
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Further delay to the reform of children’s social care will prolong the “crisis” the sector is in and increase costs, charities have warned in response to the Budget.
  The Children’s Charities Coalition issued the message after the government indicated that “fundamental reform” of the sector would be implemented from April 2026 at the earliest, in its Budget
  
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• Rachel Reeves has left the social care sector in deep trouble | Letters

  31-10-2024 19:05
  
  Rachael Dodgson of Dimensions says the budget adds to the pressure not-for-profit social care providers already face. Richard Robinson and Andrea Nicholas-Jones of Hourglass call on the chancellor to think againThe budget is alarming for not-for-profit social care providers because it will put us under pressure to meet the increases in tax costs across our workforce. Our initial analysis indicates that the changes to national insurance will cost us £5m next year. In addition to this, the i
  
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• UK politics: Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – as it happened

  31-10-2024 18:34
  
  PM says budget just ‘first step’ after watchdog said measures would make no difference to growth over five yearsRachel Reeves is now being interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.She is being interviewed by Ed Balls, the former Labour shadow chancellor who is now a TV presenter. He asks her to confirm that workers will end up losing out because of the employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) increase. Continue reading...
  
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• Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – UK politics live

  31-10-2024 17:41
  PM says budget just ‘first step’ after watchdog said measures would make no difference to growth over five yearsRachel Reeves is now being interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.She is being interviewed by Ed Balls, the former Labour shadow chancellor who is now a TV presenter. He asks her to confirm that workers will end up losing out because of the employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) increase. Continue reading...
  
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• Sustainability of your estate

  31-10-2024 17:13 via gov.uk
  
  Improving sustainability and managing energy and water use.
  
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• Fundamentals of good estate management

  31-10-2024 17:13 via gov.uk
  
  An overview of the important policies, processes and documents schools should have.
  
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• Digital technology in your estate

  31-10-2024 17:13 via gov.uk
  
  Considering digital technology requirements alongside your estate management.
  
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• Transparency data: DfE prompt payment data: 2023 to 2024

  31-10-2024 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  How long the Department for Education (DfE), its executive agencies and other arms-length bodies take to pay invoices.
  
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• Housing, social care and universities: who lost out in the UK budget?

  31-10-2024 16:33
  
  Rachel Reeves made funding the NHS a priority, but people working in other areas said they were disappointedRachel Reeves’s first budget emphasised raising taxes to help the NHS, as the health service tries to cope with huge waiting lists and an ageing population. Funding the NHS was a top priority, but people in other sectors – from universities to social care – feel the budget was a missed opportunity to deal with impending crises or bring in desperately needed reforms in the
  
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• Guidance: Managing asbestos in your school or college

  31-10-2024 14:00 via gov.uk
  
  Guidance for school leaders, governors, local authorities and academy trusts about managing asbestos in schools and colleges.
  
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• ‘A true champion for transformative change in social care’

  31-10-2024 12:55
  
  For Community Care’s 50th anniversary, our My Brilliant Colleague series invites you to celebrate anyone who has inspired you in your career.
  In this entry, Jayne Graham, strategic head of services at the adult social care provider Next Stage Group, has nominated her colleague, Paul O’Rouke, who she describes as someone who sees “opportunities where others might see barriers”.I want to take a moment to recognise Paul O’Rouke, the managing director of The Next Stage
  
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• Ed Davey: care sector will be ‘pushed to brink’ by national insurance hike and should be exempt

  31-10-2024 12:24
  Lib Dem leader says rise in employer’s contribution risks worsening NHS crisisUK politics live – latest updatesThe Liberal Democrats have called on the government to exempt the social care sector from the increase in national insurance in Labour’s budget, as an organisation representing many smaller care providers warned that the impact would be substantial.In the biggest fiscal measures of Wednesday’s budget, raising an additional £25bn a year by the end of the par
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Children in need: 2023 to 2024

  31-10-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2024.
  
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• Transparency data: Provisional list of abortion clinics and hospitals in England and Wales, 2023

  31-10-2024 10:00 via gov.uk
  
  This publication contains a provisional list of abortion clinics and hospitals in England and Wales, as identified in a notification to the Chief Medical Officer in 2023.
  
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