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.
22/01/2020 - 10:17
Cornwall Council is marking a year since declaring a climate emergency and summarised its key achievements in cutting its carbon emissions.
22/01/2020 - 09:51
A 110-strong citizens’ assembly are set to meet to decide the tough measures required for the UK to achieve ‘net zero’ carbon emissions.
21/01/2020 - 12:06
Government funding will be doubled to £10 million for the installation of chargepoints on residential streets next year.
21/01/2020 - 10:31
The design of new housing developments in England is overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’ or ‘poor’, with less-affluent communities the worst affected.
21/01/2020 - 09:13
The slow pace of improving building safety standards will no longer be tolerated under new measures to improve building safety.
20/01/2020 - 10:46
Proposals for all new homes in Wales ro be heated and powered only from clean energy sources from 2025 have been outlined.
20/01/2020 - 09:12
The government has announced that village halls in England have received £1.2 million to aid community hubs in making vital refurbishments.
17/01/2020 - 11:39
The Adam Smith Institute has argued that the high street needs to be made fit for purpose in the next decade.
17/01/2020 - 09:15
A LGA survey has revealed that business rates avoidance is costing local services an estimated £250 million a year.
16/01/2020 - 11:26
The New Local Government Network has identified Cornwall and other rural areas as the UK’s ‘Land of Opportunity’.
16/01/2020 - 09:28
Gavin Williamson has urged councils to prioritise adoption and ensure adoptive parents are not wrongly turned away.
16/01/2020 - 07:30
New research suggests that six million people in England risk being without a job or in work they are over-qualified for by 2030.
15/01/2020 - 15:22
Four years after the deal was initially announced, political leaders have agreed to move forward with a South Yorkshire devolution deal.
15/01/2020 - 10:54
The FSB is calling on the government to deliver on its manifesto pledge to provide £2 billion in funding to fill the thousands of potholes.
15/01/2020 - 09:29
Patrols attended 20 per cent more pothole breakdowns in the last quarter of 2019, compared to the same period the year before.
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