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.
24/05/2019 - 12:31
Knowsley Council has confirmed that it has started negotiations to purchase the company’s assets in Kirkby town centre.
22/05/2019 - 11:36
Homes England has agreed funding deals with 12 local authorities to deliver 4,000 homes across England.
22/05/2019 - 09:32
Up to 40 new areas will benefit from £15 million to expand promising innovative approaches to keeping families safely together.
22/05/2019 - 07:00
Local authorities are warning that they will have to resort to providing the ‘bare minimum’ if no extra funding is made available this year.
20/05/2019 - 10:55
Communities Minister Lord Bourne has confirmed that 16 trailblazing projects across the country are set to receive £3 million of new funding.
20/05/2019 - 09:35
The Culture Secretary has announced new funding will bring old buildings back into use and turn them into offices, housing and creative spaces.
20/05/2019 - 09:22
Michael Gove has announced that a new £10 million plan will see more than 130,000 trees planted across England’s towns and cities.
17/05/2019 - 09:21
The council tax system in London is becoming ‘increasingly unsustainable as a source of local government finance’ and is in need of ‘fundamental reform’.
15/05/2019 - 14:13
The government has not done enough to ensure that governance systems are improved, despite budgets remaining under extreme pressure.
15/05/2019 - 13:58
The LGA is calling on the MoJ to urgently announce this year’s funding to avoid further hampering efforts to plan youth offending services.
15/05/2019 - 09:44
An analysis carried out for Age UK has prompted warning that the system for looking after frail older people in England is falling apart.
15/05/2019 - 09:29
Six out of 10 retailers in some areas are breaking the law on underage knife sales, with alack of council funding preventing intervention.
14/05/2019 - 14:31
PHE and CIPFA are collaborating to make the case that prevention and promoting good health is an important investment for our country.
14/05/2019 - 11:33
The IFS has warned that inequalities in pay and opportunities in the UK are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy.
14/05/2019 - 10:37
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, it has been revealed that there is nearly a two-fold difference in mental health spending across England.
