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.
06/01/2017 - 10:25
A group of MPs have urged Prime Minister Theresa May to find a ‘political consensus’ on funding social care in England before 2020.
06/01/2017 - 10:00
A new report has emphasised the importance of maintaining access to the EU workforce after Brexit as being ‘vital’ for London’s future growth.
05/01/2017 - 10:19
Belfast City Council has passed a motion calling on Whitehall to launch a full public inquiry into the ‘shambolic’ renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme, set to run £490 million over its budget.
04/01/2017 - 10:49
The Environmental Audit Committee has warned that environmental protections must not be weakened during the process of leaving the EU.
03/01/2017 - 12:40
Housing Minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed that new homes for first-time buyers between 23 and 40 years old will become available at a discount of at least 20 per cent below market value.
03/01/2017 - 12:19
The government has announced it will back the first ever garden villages, which have the potential to deliver more than 48,000 homes across England.
22/12/2016 - 14:48
Almost half of workers would stay in work if they were offered more flexibility by their employers in later life.
22/12/2016 - 11:24
The lack of a clear framework for the maintenance of SuDS is seen by professionals as a key barrier to effective delivery and adoption.
22/12/2016 - 09:36
The ‘unacceptably dangerous’ prison population of England and Wales should be cut to 45,000, a group of politicians have suggested.
22/12/2016 - 09:20
The government has pledged £440 million to help the hardest-to-reach parts of the UK get superfast broadband.
21/12/2016 - 12:05
HM Passport Office, has launched a national campaign to tackle the issue and is encouraging students and any young person who uses a passport for age verification to use alternative identification methods.
21/12/2016 - 11:56
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has set out plans for a £50 million ‘move-on’ housing fund to help homeless people progress from hostels and refuges to long-term accommodation.
20/12/2016 - 12:05
The Public Accounts Committee has said the government's claim that its Troubled Families project had ‘turned around’ the lives of 99 per cent of England's most troubled families is a misleading statement.
19/12/2016 - 09:22
The Health Select Committee has raised concern over the high number of people in England taking their own lives, warning the figure was ‘unacceptably high’.
15/12/2016 - 10:53
The latest Help to Buy statistics have shown that over 220,000 people have been able to buy a home using the government scheme.
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