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.
Alun Davies has published plans that could see Wales' 22 councils merged to as few as ten, as part of local government reform proposals.
Rural areas could lose out on investment for affordable homes as a result of planning changes allowing more new homes to avoid local approval.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt confirmed that any new system of funding social care will be capped and pledged further support for struggling councils.
The government should consider scrapping the current ‘regressive’ council tax system in favour of a fairer system.
Under-funded local authorities report that more than 24,400 miles of road are identified as needing essential maintenance in the next year.
The government has announced that more English communities will have free access to guidance to help make their neighbourhood vision a reality.
London Councils has revealed that London boroughs are set to deliver over 2,600 charging points across the capital in the next financial year.
The LGA has warned that the number of hospital admissions due to an older person falling is set to rise to nearly 1,000 a day by the end of the decade.
The Department for Education has announced a £26 million investment to run morning clubs in schools in the most disadvantaged areas.
Research has found that the number of state secondary schools falling into deficit has almost trebled in the last four years to more than a quarter.
Over 300 homes and businesses will benefit from greater flood protection as part of Devon County Council’s Flood Risk Management Action Plan.
Manchester City Council has announced plans to increase the pay of the city’s home care assistants by £1 an hour.
A new report by iMPOWER has detailed how councils have used the £2 billion Improved Better Care Fund since it was announced last Spring.
The Department for Education has announced a £17 million package of support for councils to improve outcomes for vulnerable children.
Sajid Javid has recommended ‘a new start’ for Northamptonshire County Council which would best be achieved through the creation of two new unitary councils’.
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.
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