Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
01/02/2017 - 11:34
New analysis by the IFS has found that the government’s apprenticeship target for the public sector will not deliver value for money.
31/01/2017 - 11:21
A report by the Fostering Network has warned that the UK’s fostering system is under ‘unsustainable strain’, and is only being held together by the ‘goodwill and commitment’ of foster carers.
26/01/2017 - 14:17
Gill Furniss, Sheffield MP and Shadow Minister, will chair the re-launched All-Party Parliamentary Group for Libraries.
26/01/2017 - 10:44
Professional people from working class backgrounds are paid £6,800 less than their colleagues from more affluent backgrounds.
26/01/2017 - 10:15
Many local authorities are not providing the information that families with disabled children need to access childcare.
24/01/2017 - 13:28
Minister for Faith and Integration Lord Bourne and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced a £210,000 funding boost to be shared among Near Neighbours community projects in England.
19/01/2017 - 11:31
Glasgow City Council has pledged to provide at least 10 per cent of its workforce to helping mentor vulnerable children and young people.
13/01/2017 - 11:44
A report from Better Connected, the annual survey of local authority website performance, has called on council library services to do more to make it easier for people to sign up and use their e-books, e-magazines and e-audio services.
12/01/2017 - 10:03
Britain’s arts industry will play a key role in promoting the country abroad post Brexit, the Culture Secretary has said.
10/01/2017 - 09:46
Education Secretary Justine Greening has announced a £50 million grant scheme to provide thousands of new childcare places.
09/01/2017 - 12:00
In a speech to the Charity Commission, Prime Minister Theresa May has promised that the government will take an active role in tackling ‘everyday injustices’ and building a ‘shared society’.
09/01/2017 - 09:51
The Local Government Association (LGA) has said that plans to boost apprenticeship funding in England will hit school budgets, with small council schools most ta risk, say town hall bosses.
06/01/2017 - 12:34
The Birmingham Mac has been hit by a 70 per cent cut to its council funding, as part of major reductions inflicted on the city's arts by its local authority.
05/01/2017 - 10:45
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Integration has called on the government to make it a requirement for immigrants to learn English before coming to the UK, in a report into how the UK’s immigration system could more effectively promote integration.
22/12/2016 - 14:26
Oxfordshire County Council has agreed to waive the rents of children's centres run by community groups for up to a year if they face closure.
