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.
09/08/2018 - 09:36
Residents will claim housing benefit as usual, with their rent normally being paid directly to their landlord.
05/08/2018 - 10:00
The average renter loses over £300 per tenancy because of participation in the existing deposit protection schemes.
03/08/2018 - 11:11
More tonnes of food are distributed in the summer months by foodbanks than were received as donations, creating an unsustainable way of working.
01/08/2018 - 11:13
Kingston Council is one of the first London boroughs to agree to hold a resident ballot for its Cambridge Road Estate regeneration project.
31/07/2018 - 14:46
Sadiq Khan has launched a new £10 million boiler scrappage scheme that will help small businesses save money on their energy bills.
31/07/2018 - 12:04
121,500 first-time buyers have saved a total of £284,000,000 thanks to the government’s cut to stamp duty.
19/07/2018 - 15:07
James Brokenshire has said that he will be conducting a full-scale review of the building regulations fire safety guidance.
19/07/2018 - 10:19
James Brokenshire has confirmed that councils will have more powers to charge even greater council tax premiums on homes left empty.
18/07/2018 - 10:03
MPs have urged for an extension of combustible cladding ban and action to tackle conflicts of interest in construction industry.
18/07/2018 - 09:23
The Local Government Association has urged for councils to have the powers to double the rate of extra council tax on empty homes.
06/07/2018 - 09:57
Greg Clark outlines how BEIS will deliver the Clean Growth Grand Challenge’s first ‘mission’ to halve the energy use of new buildings by 2030.
04/07/2018 - 10:32
The LGA warns that rural communities are facing a ‘perfect storm’ of unaffordable homes, poor connectivity, skills gaps and health inequalities.
03/07/2018 - 12:26
James Brokenshire has launched a new Community Housing Fund to significantly increase the delivery of affordable homes.
02/07/2018 - 10:48
The National Planning Policy Framework has dropped the reference to ‘social rent’ homes from the government’s definition of affordable homes.
29/06/2018 - 14:10
11,465 homes were sold by councils under the right to buy scheme in 2017/18, while councils were only able to replace 4,944 homes using the receipts.
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