Although a number of local authorities have either already established or are in the process of establishing independent trusts to run their children's services, Birmingham's transfer is set to be the biggest and most expensive challenge to date.
Given its status as the largest council in Europe - with 1,200 members of staff and an annual budget of more than £150m moving to the new organisation - the scale of the transfer will dwarf what has gone before when it officially launches in April 2018 (see box).
A total of 19 different options for delivering children's services in Birmingham were initially on the table, but councillors have now settled on the creation of a company that is wholly owned by the council as the best way forward.
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