Ewan King

Aug 9, 2024 | themj.co.uk | Jessica Studdert |Ewan King |Greg Clark |Anna Randle

As folk at Westminster, like many of us, head off on much-needed summer breaks, we can take stock of what a momentous couple of months it has been. A new party in government is a once-in-a-generation event, judging by recent history. Labour's new Cabinet have quickly shorn their shadow status, launching a lightning first few weeks getting manifesto commitments on stream and kicking off a multi-year Spending Review. The shift in tone has been remarkable.

Aug 8, 2024 | themj.co.uk | Nik Shah |Ewan King |Greg Clark |Anna Randle

Inspection routines within local government play a crucial role in maintaining standards and ensuring accountability. However, these inspections have far-reaching implications beyond compliance and performance metrics. Over the last 11 years, I have seen both the positive and negative impacts that Ofsted's inspection framework has on children's services and the profession.

Aug 8, 2024 | themj.co.uk | Bill Love |Ewan King |Pip Cannons

ADULT SOCIAL CARE Time for a new dawn A new vision is needed for social care, say Ewan King, Bill Love and Pip Cannons. They emphasise models are available now to facilitate a shift to more support in communities By Pip Cannons, Bill Love, Ewan King | 08 August 2024 SHARE I n 1997, the last time there was a Labour landslide, Tony Blair famously said that ‘a new dawn has broken.' This time around the optimism has a different feel.

Oct 3, 2023 | themj.co.uk | Ewan King

By Ewan King | 03 October 2023 For more than a decade, social care reform has been driven by the idea that we need to give people more choice and control over their own care – this is sometimes also called personalisation.