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.
01/11/2021 - 06:33
A third of England’s most important flood defences are in private hands, with some at risk of ‘complete performance failure’.
29/10/2021 - 09:28
The UK will struggle to reach the net zero target by 2050 unless Government steps up efforts to work together with local councils on climate action.
28/10/2021 - 14:16
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s new Salford site has been officially opened by Greg Hands.
28/10/2021 - 14:10
Six more local authorities have migrated onto HM Land Registry’s LLC Register, the highest number to have joined in one month.
28/10/2021 - 10:23
Two-thirds of people living in areas prioritised for levelling up funding want decisions on spending in their communities made locally and not by Whitehall.
28/10/2021 - 09:48
First Minister Mark Drakeford has called for a ‘decade of action’ to tackle the climate change crisis in Wales.
27/10/2021 - 15:19
Rishi Sunak has pledged a major increase in public spending, with total departmental spending set to increase by £150 billion by 2025.
27/10/2021 - 10:01
The Museums Association has revealed that spending on museums and galleries by local authorities has fallen by 27 per cent in the past decade.
26/10/2021 - 09:47
The Homecare Association is calling on the government to invest properly in homecare to help address unmet need and reduce pressure on the NHS.
26/10/2021 - 09:16
The Social Market Foundation has said that giving local residents a greater say over proposed construction in their area could help fix the UK’s housing crisis.
26/10/2021 - 09:10
Increasing demand to help safeguard children will see future cost pressures in children’s social care increase by an estimated £600 million each year until 2024/25.
25/10/2021 - 12:17
Campaign for Better Transport is calling for more to be done to deliver a zero-emission bus fleet as only a minority are currently electric.
25/10/2021 - 09:06
Over 1,000 homes a day could be retrofitted with low-carbon efficiency measures by councils by 2030 - reducing energy bills by nearly £700 million.
25/10/2021 - 09:01
Introducing universal free garden waste collections is ‘unnecessary’ and will not solve the issue of garden waste ending up in landfill, says LGA.
25/10/2021 - 08:00
Council leaders have said that long-term investment in public sport and leisure facilities is key to supporting efforts to tackle health inequalities.
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