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The Annual Local Government Conference 2025

Policy, People & Place

Manchester 22 October 2025, 9:00am - 4:00pm

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Dr William Burns

CIPFA

Social Care Policy Advisor

William is CIPFA’s social care policy advisor. His work focuses on social care reform, and he has produced thought leadership in the areas of adult social care charging reform, children’s social care reform, Scotland’s National Care Service, social care funding, and Special educational needs and disabilities. He runs CIPFA’s Social Care Network, and hosts regular events on topics such as introductions to adult and children’s social care, care markets, finance business partnering, data and technology, and assurance. He previously worked for the Scottish Government, leading work costing policies stemming from the Independent Review of Adult Social Care, and at the University of Glasgow as a doctoral researcher.

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