‘Failing’ council adults’ services will not be turned over to independent trusts

‘Failing’ local authority adults’ services will not be turned over to independent trusts, the government has confirmed.
Ministers will have the power to direct authorities to take actions to improve services or to take over specific council functions, but will not remove services from authorities and transfer them to other bodies, as they have the power to do in children’s services.
The plans were set out in an intervention framework published this month by the Department