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.
31/03/2016 - 11:11
Darlington Borough Council is due to increase the rents of 237 homes with off-street parking.
30/03/2016 - 11:56
Additional funding is needed to support social care from being pushed closer to ‘breaking point’, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).
29/03/2016 - 12:33
Councils expect homelessness to increase and housing waiting lists lengthen, according to a survey published by the Local Government Association (LGA).
29/03/2016 - 11:16
Over six million UK workers could be subject to pay cuts from April after the new flat-rate state pension comes into effect.
24/03/2016 - 12:17
The National Audit Office (NAO) has questioned the lack of accountability for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), claiming that they are ‘not as transparent to the public as we would expect’.
24/03/2016 - 12:14
A revised local government counter fraud and corruption strategy has been launched to help councils tackle fraud in their areas.
24/03/2016 - 12:10
Money invested through the Coastal Communities Fund has protected or created around 18,000 jobs in seaside towns across the UK, according to new government analysis.
23/03/2016 - 11:39
Communities Secretary Greg Clark has announced that charities supporting the flood victims will receive an £8.4 million boost.
23/03/2016 - 11:38
MPs have approved the Budget after Chancellor George Osborne was forced to abandon the proposed cuts to disability benefits.
23/03/2016 - 11:36
Pay negotiations for local government staff have stalled as Unison and Unite have both rejected the ‘final’ pay offer from council employers.
22/03/2016 - 12:09
Lord Kerslake has labeled the implementation of devolution across the UK as 'piecemeal and incoherent’ in a report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Reform, Decentralisation and Devolution.
21/03/2016 - 11:44
The Local Government Obudsman (LGO) has published a report outlining that delays in processing the Disabled Facilities Grants has left disabled people in unsuitable homes for too long.
21/03/2016 - 11:41
Ian Duncan Smith has resigned as Work and Pensions Secretary after condemning cuts disability benefits announced in the 2016 Budget.
21/03/2016 - 11:40
Research conducted by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) has found that 1.7 million people will earn less than the new National Living Wage when it is instated in April.
18/03/2016 - 12:09
The Auditor General for Wales has commended improvements in the delivery of end of year accounts, but warns that improvements are needed in the financial management of Welsh councils.
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