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.
18/11/2016 - 10:14
More than £300 million has been granted to help young people from any background enjoy the benefits of music and the arts.
18/11/2016 - 09:47
£4 million of funding to repair and improve Cumbria’s tourist trails following the flooding in the region has been announced.
17/11/2016 - 11:42
The High Court has ruled that Cumbria County Council must pay a bill of £5.4 million following a dispute with a former contractor, in which it claims the work carried out was substandard.
17/11/2016 - 11:11
Analysis conducted by the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) has indicated that councils spend £6.4 billion a year to deal with damaging social problems affecting children and their families.
17/11/2016 - 09:45
Manchester City Council has given the green light to a plan to spend £330 million renovating Manchester Town Hall.
17/11/2016 - 09:37
Figures from the RAC Foundation have shown that local authorities in Wales have made a combined profit of £13.8 million in 2015/16 from car parking penalties.
16/11/2016 - 12:09
A number of staff employed by Dumfries and Galloway Council have been affected by a delay in their wages being paid into their bank accounts.
16/11/2016 - 11:54
The Scottish Greens Party has published figures showing that 32 councils owe a total of £11.5 billion to banks and a scheme set up by the UK Treasury.
15/11/2016 - 11:23
A new six-month pilot scheme launched by Croydon Council will see three local communities given more responsibility for services.
15/11/2016 - 11:14
Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire councils have voted in favour of the West of England devolution deal.
15/11/2016 - 10:49
The majority of the preferred HS2 route from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds has been revealed.
15/11/2016 - 10:35
The £600 million reduction proposed to the Education Services Grant should be reversed, the LGA has argued.
14/11/2016 - 12:42
A report from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned that over 20 per cent of UK business leaders believe their employees had been forced to reduce their hours as a result of the high costs of childcare.
11/11/2016 - 12:33
Government funding totalling £18 million is being offered to councils in England to speed up building of up to 800,000 new homes on large developments.
11/11/2016 - 12:23
Liverpool City Council is considering a move to increase council tax by 10 per cent in order to fund adult social care and children’s services, following cuts to its budget.
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