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It may seem difficult to believe, but some councils still think of children's services as a "bit of a backwater" and see the lead member for children's service as custodian of all the "fluffy stuff". So says David Simmonds, lead member for Hillingdon and chair of the Local Government Association's children and young people board.
Only the other day, he was chatting to a female lead member for children's services who firmly believes she only got the role because it was "seen as a bit of a girl's job" at her council, he says. But he admits this kind of attitude is increasingly rare.
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