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.
27/07/2021 - 10:07
UNISON has urged the Prime Minister to make funding available for council workers so that they can have the pay rise they deserve.
23/07/2021 - 10:06
Communities Minister Lord Greenhalgh has announced new education programmes to help support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils.
23/07/2021 - 06:35
In one out of every six local authorities, rates of hunger are more than 150 per cent the national average, according to new research.
22/07/2021 - 15:22
A new report has found that the total annual cost of waste-related crime in England has risen by 53 per cent in just three years.
22/07/2021 - 09:22
Plans for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset have taken an important step forward following the Communities Secretary’s approval.
22/07/2021 - 06:53
There is a ‘golden opportunity’ to lead the levelling up agenda and fundamentally ‘rethink’ the role councils play in the wake of the pandemic.
21/07/2021 - 10:07
The government has launched a new multi-million pound strategy to speed up diagnosis and improve support and care for autistic people.
21/07/2021 - 09:31
MPs have called for more government funding for a scheme to quickly house long-term homeless people in England.
20/07/2021 - 08:41
The government has been urged to turn the challenges of the pandemic into an opportunity to Britain’s high streets, communities and commercial centres.
19/07/2021 - 16:48
Eddie Hughes has announced that vulnerable people in communities across England will be given extra support through the Changing Futures programme.
19/07/2021 - 16:05
Published at a time of ‘seismic’ change for the UK towns, a new report has pointed to a strong, vibrant and successful future for northern towns.
19/07/2021 - 10:21
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has stressed that reforms are needed to ensure the sustainability of local government finances.
16/07/2021 - 10:11
Council areas across Scotland are to share more than £3.2 billion in grant funding over five years to deliver more affordable homes.
15/07/2021 - 16:37
Boris Johnson has pledged to empower strong local leaders by taking a more flexible approach to devolution, with new ‘County Deals’.
15/07/2021 - 10:06
Council spending on crucial services that help stop children reaching crisis point has almost halved over the last decade.
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