22/05/2020 - 10:36
Gavin Williamson has announced that social workers will be placed in schools to work with teachers to support children at risk.
22/05/2020 - 09:42
Eighteen local authorities in England have secured funding from the Department for Transport's £2m eCargo Bike Grant Fund.
22/05/2020 - 09:34
Successful efforts to tackle rough sleeping during the coronavirus outbreak risk being squandered by the government, says committee of MPs.
22/05/2020 - 08:45
A rise in vulnerable children needing support due to the lockdown is likely, but councils could struggle to meet surge in demand.
21/05/2020 - 15:35
‘Red Wall’ communities are most vulnerable to permanent economic scarring as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
21/05/2020 - 11:10
The government should change ‘ineffective’ regulations on how councils collect council tax arrears to protect households during coronavirus.
21/05/2020 - 10:53
A new taskforce has been created aimed at helping getting the country’s recreation and leisure sector up and running again.
21/05/2020 - 10:18
Children are ill equipped to cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic because of years of child poverty in Britain.
21/05/2020 - 09:14
The Homeless Link charity is calling for urgent national and local action so that nobody is forced to sleep rough after lockdown.
20/05/2020 - 09:15
Local authority children’s services have been reduced to crisis-driven firefighting as a result of years of under investment.
19/05/2020 - 12:06
NNine out of ten Britons say they appreciate the UK’s public services more now than they did before the coronavirus outbreak.
19/05/2020 - 09:53
The government must act immediately to tackle the fastest spike in unemployment on record or risk permanent damage to our economy.
19/05/2020 - 09:24
Children with special educational needs and disabilities in England will benefit from £37.3 million of direct support in 2020-21.
18/05/2020 - 11:03
Leaders of England’s largest councils have called on the government to introduce a ‘£5 billion income guarantee’ for local authorities.
18/05/2020 - 10:45
The High Speed 2 rail project has gone ‘badly off course’, with ministers unable to rule out further cost increases and delays.
