CYP Now - Council's financial crisis prompts recruitment and retention fears

Unions have warned that the financial crisis affecting Northamptonshire County Council will compound recruitment and retention problems at the authority's children's services department.

Public sector union Unison says the council's decision to invoke "immediate spending controls" on all services with the exception of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults will "destabilise" the children's services workforce.

On Friday, the council issued a "section 114 notice" banning any new spending with the exception of safeguarding vulnerable children and adults. In a statement, the council said the notice - a provision of the Local Government Finance Act - was served "in light of the severe financial challenge facing the authority and the significant risk that it will not be in a position to deliver a balanced budget by the end of the year".

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