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Mind the gap
This is my first contribution since being elected as Chair of the Health, Care & Additional Needs (HCAN) Policy Committee. Putting myself forward...
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I'm a DCS...get me out of here!
Like me, many of you might be relieved that a serving MP wasn’t the winner of this year’s I’m a Celebrity, and you may also, like me,...
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Change is everyone's responsibility
Change these days usually goes hand-in-hand with budget cuts and, very often, some sort of compromise because of tough decisions needing to be...
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A week is a long time...
As I write, it is still a few days until the Chancellor delivers his deferred Autumn Statement, but by the time this is published we will all be...
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Unintended consequences
This is my first blog for ADCS and I would, firstly, like to thank colleagues for electing me as Chair of the Resources & Sustainability Policy...
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NCASC 2022
Delegates met in person at this year’s NCAS Conference in Manchester for the first time in three years to hear from a wide range of speakers...
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A system based on children's needs
In preparation for writing this blog I looked back to my last one in July which was at a time of turmoil in national politics following the...
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A busy time
Autumn is always a busy time for local authorities. Budget setting season is in full swing and each year the task of balancing budgets gets...
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We can't walk away at night
I am sat writing this blog recovering from a bout of covid, a sharp reminder that it hasn’t gone and the impact it can have. It’s been...
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A problem shared...
Do you remember when one of Bill Clinton’s campaign slogans was ‘it’s the economy, stupid’? Or when Tony Blair’s top priority was...
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