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.
25/11/2021 - 11:41
Labour saysthat the government’s ‘working-class dementia tax’ will disproportionately hit families in the Midlands and the North of England.
25/11/2021 - 09:30
New research on the cost of living crunch by Citizens Advice reveals one in ten families are facing financial crisis this winter.
24/11/2021 - 12:15
All local authorities with children’s services have been informed of the government’s intention to temporarily mandate the National Transfer Scheme.
24/11/2021 - 11:42
A new survey has found that nearly a third of care staff believe that staffing levels are getting worse and negatively affecting the care provided.
24/11/2021 - 08:23
The cumulative number of young people being electively home educated during 2020-21 was 34 per cent higher than 2019-20 totals.
24/11/2021 - 08:18
Universities will be required to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children by driving up education standards in schools in the local community.
23/11/2021 - 09:48
Councils are to be forced to care for some of the unaccompanied asylum seeker children who have arrived via the English Channel in small boats.
22/11/2021 - 10:32
New homes and buildings, as well as those undergoing major renovation, will be required to install electric vehicle charge points from next year.
22/11/2021 - 10:14
The number of vulnerable children being placed in council care could reach almost 100,000 by the middle of the decade.
22/11/2021 - 09:22
The government has launched a £7 million fund to help people access more volunteering opportunities across a range of sectors.
22/11/2021 - 09:15
Single-use plastic plates, cutlery, expanded and extruded polystyrene cups and food and beverage containers could all be phased out.
22/11/2021 - 09:08
The CCN is urging the government to show the ‘highest level of ambition’ for devolution and levelling up in county and rural areas.
19/11/2021 - 14:08
Shelter has warned that a failure to include social housing in the government’s upcoming ‘levelling up’ plan may escalate the housing emergency.
19/11/2021 - 11:13
More than a million vulnerable children in England have had their life chances reduced by cuts to early years and youth support since 2010.
19/11/2021 - 10:34
Hundreds of arts, heritage and cultural organisations across England will receive a share of £107 million from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
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