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.
10/06/2021 - 09:19
Teachers and school leaders will be better supported to recognise sexual harassment and abuse and teach confidently about issues of consent.
10/06/2021 - 09:14
Young people across all corners of Great Britain are now benefitting from new specialist employment support and advice from local Youth Hubs.
09/06/2021 - 09:25
A new CCN report has claimed that councils need a long-term funding settlement to invest in organisational resilience.
08/06/2021 - 07:18
Parts of the North of England and the Midlands will lose parliamentary seats while areas in the South gain under Boundary Commission proposals.
08/06/2021 - 07:06
The government has announced that 26 towns will share over £610 million to boost their local economies, create jobs and help them build back better.
07/06/2021 - 11:24
Julie Morgan has announced that a new £3 million fund is being set up to provide respite and short breaks for Wales’ small army of unpaid carers.
07/06/2021 - 10:21
More than 90,000 primary school pupils in Scotland will be entitled to new free school meal support in term time.
07/06/2021 - 09:51
One Public Estate has awarded £30 million to successful cross-public sector projects as part of its levelling up agenda.
07/06/2021 - 09:22
A new campaign aimed at inspiring the nation to get planting has been launched to help communities tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.
04/06/2021 - 09:08
The Public Accounts Committee has warned that the impact of the pandemic risks leading to reductions in services for local people even as council tax rises.
03/06/2021 - 14:11
New guidance for public bodies stresses that opportunities for local growth should be taken into account when awarding public contracts.
03/06/2021 - 12:45
40 areas have been awarded a share of £18.3 million to make streets safer through projects to crack down on neighbourhood crimes.
03/06/2021 - 09:24
The LGA has revealed that more than eight in 10 councils in England responsible for children’s social care overspent in the year to 2019/20.
02/06/2021 - 11:01
Labour has proposed a programme for all children to ‘play, learn and develop’ as the post-Covid catch up continues.
02/06/2021 - 09:55
The Welsh Government has announced that the Test, Trace, Protect service will be extended to next year, with a further injection of funding.
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