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https://www.wacoca.com/news/2420408/ スイスのメディアが報じた日本のニュース – SWI swissinfo.ch #(Media #Article #BeatSwissPerspectives #Business #Business(general) #defence #diplomacy #ForeignAffairs #Government #InteriorPolicy #JapanNews #LawAndOrder #LocalAuthority #MacroEconomics #politics #Politics(general) #society

#Profiteering off #children’: care firms in #England accused of squeezing cash from #councils

A #LocalAuthority leader claims #PrivateEquity groups are exploiting vulnerable youngsters in #CareHomes in the pursuit of #profit
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/02/profiteering-off-children-care-firms-in-england-accused-of-squeezing-cash-from-councils
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #ProfitBeforeCare

If you are working to bring about change in your local area - and your council is a part of the picture, don't miss the latest sessions in our Working with Councils series.
Join our deep dives on 6 and 13 February when these experienced change-makers will share what they've learned:

🛠 On Tues 6 Feb, Cristiano Bottone (Muncipalities in Transition and Transition Italia) shares the brilliant *Local Transformation Toolkit* he created.

🛠 On Tues 13 Feb, Frances Northrop (NEF Associate Fellow and Totnes Community Development Society) explores the different ways to bring change with our councils: campaigning, policy, practice and culture.

All welcome to attend! Details for these and our other Spring events: https://transitiontogether.org.uk/events/

#localCouncil #localauthority #community #SystemChange #campaign #transitiontown

#Councils say they are ‘held to ransom’ by #PrivateProviders of ChildrensCare

One child cost a #LocalAuthority £63,000 a week and the number of placements has shot up to more than 1,500 from 120 five years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/29/councils-held-to-ransom-by-private-providers-of-childrens-care
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ProfitBeforePeople

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2022/11/19/requiem-for-a-tweet-is-there-a-future-for-the-academic-social-capital-held-on-the-platform/ This article about the way in which the social capital that depends on #Twitter can vanish in a moment, and what that says about the whole model of #SocialCapital is hugely relevant to lots of other fields of work right now - what is the point of, say, a #LocalAuthority, even a #ParishCouncil having followers on the bird site if they don't use the bird site any more?