Councils have warned of a potential post-coronavirus surge of dental treatments following the lifting of lockdown.

There has been a 14 per cent increase in the number of apprenticeships created directly by boroughs this year.

Ofsted has announced that it will begin visits to local authorities and children's social care providers from September 2020.

Free school meals should be permanently extended to the children of migrants who are currently ineligible for public support, say charities.

Labour is urging the government to introduce a Regional Opportunities Guarantee as part of the Kickstarter Scheme.

Local transport authorities will receive more than £40 million funding for the autumn term to help with school transport.

The Education Policy Institute has warned that better-off pupils in England will see larger school funding increases than poorer pupils.

The Disability Law Service says more than a quarter of English councils are acting unlawfully by discriminating against children with autism.

Anne Longfield has said that schools should be the last places to be locked down if any local or national lockdown takes place.

The SMC has released new research highlighting that the early years workforce in England is underpaid, overworked and undervalued.

A ‘perfect storm’ of rising childcare costs and thousands of providers at risk of closure will make it impossible for many parents to return to work.

A healthy eating review says that free school meals should be extended to a further 1.5 million children in England.

The Association of Play Industries has expressed repeated concern about the ongoing decline in public play provision.

Eight directors of public health from the north-west of England have written to Boris Johnson calling for any anti-coronavirus obesity plan.

Rishi Sunak will announce that public sector workers will see above inflation pay rises this year.

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