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.
29/04/2019 - 10:29
Damian Green proposes to secure the future of social care, urging the need for sufficient funding to plug the gap created by an ageing population.
26/04/2019 - 11:03
Research finds that nearly one in every four councils have no elected representatives from minority ethnic communities.
26/04/2019 - 09:58
Citizens Advice has found that ‘outdated and punitive’ council tax regulations are contributing to serious financial harm.
26/04/2019 - 09:14
The proportion of working-age adults approaching local authorities for social care support is rising, but fewer are receiving help.
25/04/2019 - 12:37
Cardiff’s leading public sector organisations have signed the newly developed Healthy Travel Charter.
25/04/2019 - 10:49
Oxford City Council is to be the first UK local authority to establish a citizens assembly to help address the issue of climate change.
25/04/2019 - 10:33
The last year has been the busiest for food banks, with 1,583,668 three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis last year.
25/04/2019 - 09:16
Reinstating bus services across the country will provide a lifeline to many people, says Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
24/04/2019 - 15:00
The Scottish Government and Zero Waste Scotland have unveiled ambitious plans to help reduce Scotland’s food waste by one third by 2025.
24/04/2019 - 11:58
Councils should reconsider their communication strategy in order to cater for customers’ future digital demands.
24/04/2019 - 11:02
Large regional economies in the UK have challenged the government not to roll-back from the promise of greater devolution after Brexit.
24/04/2019 - 10:49
Major local authorities should strike productivity deals with private sector local economic anchors to galvanise economic growth.
24/04/2019 - 09:44
A new government-backed programme is encouraging men to start careers in nurseries and early years settings.
24/04/2019 - 09:38
A new report has uncovered the limited powers that local authorities have to restrict advertising of products high in fat, salt and sugar.
24/04/2019 - 09:29
Nine years of government cuts have left local services for single homeless people with a shocking £1 billion a year funding gap.
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