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.
01/08/2016 - 11:17
A report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found the effects of poverty to have cost the UK an average of £78 billion per year, with the NHS bearing the brunt of the costs.
29/07/2016 - 12:35
The Taxpayers’ Alliance has claimed that the HS2 project is an ‘expensive vanity project which must be scrapped’ in its new report.
29/07/2016 - 11:08
Regeneration schemes will be at risk if the government holds on to billions of pounds of EU money in the wake of the Brexit vote, the LGA has warned.
28/07/2016 - 11:50
The £344 million plan to expand London City Airport has been criticised by campaigners arguing that it will add to the city’s air pollution.
28/07/2016 - 09:37
Over 8,000 new jobs have been reported by enterprise zones in the Northern Powerhouse over the past four years, the government has said.
27/07/2016 - 09:14
The Home Affairs Committee has warned the government that there could be a spike in UK migration ahead of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.
26/07/2016 - 12:25
Following a weekend of major disruption for cross-Channel travellers, the government has been urged to invest more in road infrastructure in Dover.
26/07/2016 - 09:37
The Tax Payers Alliance (TPA) is urging the government to abolish the ‘unfair’ stamp duty, as it is preventing people buying their own home.
25/07/2016 - 10:05
The government has passed a new law which means all local authorities must ensure that staff dealing with the public can speak fluent English.
25/07/2016 - 09:46
Trade union Unison has launched a petition to debate the proposal to pool local government pension funds in order to invest in infrastructure.
22/07/2016 - 10:31
In a report, the Joint Committee on Human Rights has said there is currently no useable legal definition of extremism.
21/07/2016 - 14:07
A new report has claimed that devolution is being ‘underpowered’ and is failing under the current ‘austerity cosh’.
20/07/2016 - 10:58
The Health Select Committee has accused ministers of giving the wrong impression about how much they are spending on healthcare in England.
20/07/2016 - 10:31
Research from the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK) has warned that an increasing number of older people are living alone, without having adaptions installed to enable them to live independently.
20/07/2016 - 09:32
All MPs are to be automatically offered additional security in their constituency offices and homes, following the death of Labour MP Jo Cox.
