Concerns council may not hit targets to improve children's services

Councillors fear targets to improve failing children’s services in Nottingham may not be met amid more budget cuts. , and to do this it has proposed savings totalling £29m.

She said: “With Ofsted saying we require improvement and with the financial plan going forward with all the cuts, do we really think with all that going on, and reduction in schools, and reduction in health, do you think we are really on target?” Catherine Underwood, the corporate director for people services, said: “We need to make sure we are realistic about our journey of improvement.

“So I am not seeing that the changes that are happening in terms of the budget reductions, while they have challenges, are meaning the plan we have for improvement isn’t going to be delivered.” Cllr McCulloch replied: “But that is a child’s whole childhood gone, ten years, gone? The total cost of the services to the council is around £67m, or 30% of the council’s entire budget. Cllr Georgia Power , added: “My reflection would be I think [the proposals] actually sound good.

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