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.
13/05/2019 - 15:38
London’s local authority budgets have dropped by nearly a fifth per head over the last eight years, with inner London boroughs hit the hardest.
13/05/2019 - 14:45
The private sector dominated the UK outsourcing market in Q1 of 2019, whilst public sector spend fell year-on-year.
13/05/2019 - 14:19
Kit Malthouse has announced a £8.5 million-pound support package to deliver thousands of discounted homes over a three-year pilot project.
13/05/2019 - 09:30
James Brokenshire has told the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority that a devolution deal for the region can go ahead.
08/05/2019 - 15:11
The Home Office has announced a funding boost of over £30 million for local authorities looking after unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
08/05/2019 - 14:58
The HCLG Committee has said the government is ‘unwilling to make the radical change required’ to transform high streets.
08/05/2019 - 12:06
The County Councils Network is among a number of signatories to a new statement calling on the government to sustainably fund public health services.
08/05/2019 - 10:49
Communities Secretary confirms that an additional £25 million has been committed to the new National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
08/05/2019 - 10:35
£9.1 million of funding will be used to help offer 50,000 disadvantaged children free meals and activities over the upcoming summer holidays.
07/05/2019 - 14:06
Councils should embrace scrutiny of their spending decisions to achieve value for money and improve services.
07/05/2019 - 10:47
A £10 million investment is set to help over 500 schools take part in a pioneering scheme to tackle bad behaviour.
07/05/2019 - 10:17
The government has signed a round of new Brexit contracts with outside consultants worth almost £160 million.
07/05/2019 - 09:21
Communities with the biggest council spending cuts to youth services are likely to see the biggest increases in knife crime.
03/05/2019 - 10:09
More than £25 million of funding is to be allocated to over 100 areas across England to help fund 20 new rough sleeping centres.
01/05/2019 - 14:17
Investment-based crowdfunding can provide local authorities with a competitively-priced source of capital and increased levels of civic engagement.
