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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Nick Statham

'Will we get half a service?' - Serious concerns raised over plan to merge Stockport and Tameside’s children’s services

Plans to merge children’s services in Stockport and Tameside in a bid to ‘improve the life chances’ of young people have been seriously questioned.

A new report on how the two boroughs will work more closely to support children and families went before a recent Stockport council scrutiny committee.

The paper set out how the authorities will seek to ‘deliver the best possible services with diminishing budgets’, with an emphasis on collaboration and partnerships.

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