The Organisational Development of local authorities has been put at the heart of the revised Local Government Pay and Workforce Strategy, which has been launched jointly today by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Employers’ Organisation for local government and which is supported by the Local Government Association. It is based on their shared belief that local government in England needs the leadership, organisational flexibility and people capacity to deliver improved services.

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A new study shows that although a disproportionate number of young people in public care are from ethnic minority groups, white care leavers often fare worst through unstable placements while they are in care and problems when they leave, including homelessness, getting caught up in crime and a lack of qualifications.

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