In his first month as chair of the Local Government Association's (LGA) children and young people board, Richard Watts has waded into the debate on "golden hellos" in fostering, called for councils to have more powers over monitoring home schooling, and warned ministers not to make alternative education provision a "dumping ground" for excluded pupils.
Watts' eventful first weeks in post indicate he is not someone to pull his punches.
"I want to work with people, but I also want to forcefully put the LGA's point where I can," he says. "I don't mind being quite combative in the media where needs be."
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