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Somerset DCS sacking: Peter Lewis speaks out

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  • Friday, October 24, 2014
  • | CYP Now
A lack of authority-wide support for change and an "arcane" IT system were key reasons for slow progress in improving children's services in Somerset, the council's former director of children's services (DCS) has claimed.

Chief inspectors slam councils' CSE failings

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  • Wednesday, June 17, 2015
  • | CYP Now
The chief inspectors of Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have launched a scathing attack on councils' failure to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Outsourcing plans need more debate, warns APPG chair

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  • Wednesday, July 2, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The government's consultation over allowing councils to delegate children's social care services to third parties was insufficient and needs further debate, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on child protection has said.

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