Last week, the Department for Education announced that children's services in Northamptonshire would be turned over to an independent not-for-profit children's trust.
The move was recommended by Malcom Newsam, the commissioner appointed by the DfE last November to oversee improvements in children's services at Northamptonshire County Council, amid a financial crisis.
While Newsam admitted that implementing the trust "would not be without its difficulties", he said it was the most secure option.
This trust creation is part of a wider set of proposals to reorganise services, currently delivered via a two-tier system of county, borough and district councils.
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