Annual Conference 2019...

Rachel Dickinson’s Presidential Address to the 2019 ADCS Annual...

In General

President’s Speech...

​Press comment on ADCS Presidential Address at the 2019 Annual...

In General

MHCLG statistics on local...

Comment on MHCLG statistics on local authority planned spend on services...

In General Funding

Our plea to the next Prime...

At the end of July, we will know who the next Prime Minister is, and we...

In General

Review of children in need

ADCS response to the review of children in need

In General

Far less than they deserve

On 22 May I joined many other people in watching a Panorama programme...

In General

IFS research on...

​Comment on IFS research on children’s centres

In General Early Help

The precarious state of local...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ (IFS) recent analysis of local...

In General

Poverty in the UK

Rachel Dickinson, ADCS President, responds to the publication of a new UN...

In General

Uplift in UASC funding rate...

ADCS comment on changes to funding for unaccompanied asylum seeking...

In Asylum

Halting knife crime is a...

Barely a day goes by without hearing about another senseless act of...

In General

Response to HCLG Committee...

ADCS response to the HCLG Committee report on children’s services...

In General Funding

Comment: Future funding of the...

Comment on future funding of the Troubled Families Programme

In General Funding

Leadership and a duty of...

I first became a DCS in 2005, which equates to the Paleolithic Age in DCS...

In General

The UK doesn’t work for...

The UK doesn’t work for rising numbers of children

In General Funding