Speaking at a Local Government Association conference yesterday(Tuesday, 9 September), the association's general secretary John Dunfordlaid down the gauntlet to local authority leaders, many of whom fearincreasing the independence of schools threatens the Every Child Mattersreforms.
He asked whether children's trusts amounted to changing name plates, andadded: "Local authorities cannot claim a more strategic leadership roleas a right. They have to earn it."
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