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.
10/12/2018 - 17:07
The Crown Commercial Service has announced that the Network Services 2 framework agreement, believed to be worth £5 billion, has gone live.
10/12/2018 - 10:59
Interserve has revealed that it is in need of a second rescue deal from the government as it struggles with £500 million of debt.
07/12/2018 - 09:18
Ministers have announced that the entire country will be able to benefit from developing a local Industrial Strategy.
06/12/2018 - 12:14
Nottinghamshire councillors are set to decide whether to press ahead with a formal public consultation on plans to create a new unitary authority.
05/12/2018 - 12:47
Housing charity Shelter has claimed that more than 130,000 children across Great Britain will spend Christmas in temporary accommodation.
04/12/2018 - 10:53
£250,000 will help people with disabilities run for elected office in next year’s council elections.
03/12/2018 - 12:57
Council leaders have demanded that a forthcoming cut in funding of £1.3 billion is cancelled to stop an impending ‘catastrophic collapse’.
03/12/2018 - 10:50
Food policy experts have written to every UK council advising them to set up ‘food resilience teams’ to prepare for different Brexit scenarios.
30/11/2018 - 15:04
The government has taken over Northamptonshire County Council’s children's services department.
30/11/2018 - 12:00
More than 400,000 people have been able to buy their first home thanks to the government’s Help to Buy schemes.
27/11/2018 - 12:18
28,100 local authority jobs have been lost in Wales since 2010 as a result of severe spending cuts driven by the UK Westminster government.
27/11/2018 - 09:53
New financial penalties of up to £400 for householders who fail to properly give their waste to a licensed carrier are coming in to force.
26/11/2018 - 09:17
Just four per cent of London’s high rise council housing blocks have sprinklers installed, 18 months after the Grenfell Tower fire.
22/11/2018 - 14:32
The government has announced it has approved Nottingham City Council’s new plan to tackle air pollution in Nottingham city centre.
19/11/2018 - 12:21
David Lidington is announcing new measures to deliver better public services and use procurement contracts as a ‘force for good’.
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