Councils issue stark warnings as children’s services overspends continue to strain most budgets

[Alison J Stevens]

Councils issue stark warnings as children’s services overspends con...: The cost of statutory children’s services is continuing to push many councils further and further into the red, with some issuing dire warnings about the unsustainable impact that delivering them is placing on finite reserves. Analysis by Community Care of revenue budget monitoring reports at 50 spot-checked English local authorities found only five (10%) predicting an […]