A north London social landlord is set to join forces with adult social services under a newly agreed ‘sister company’ arrangement that would be the first of its kind in the UK. Under the plans, ALMO Barnet Homes and in-house adult social care services currently managed by Barnet Council would form part of a new Local Authority Trading Company (LATC). The LATC - which would be owned by Barnet Council but will operate at arms length from it - would be the fourth company of its kind to be created nationally and the first ever to include an ALMO. To reduce its corporate overheads, the adult social care services would share a chief executive with Barnet Homes and make use of staff already in post at the ALMO, such as finance, human resources and IT. Read more on 24dash.
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