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.
28/03/2017 - 09:40
The Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance survey (ALARM) has found that 17 per cent of roads are in ‘poor’ condition.
27/03/2017 - 11:35
The Welsh government has announced new proposals to make council webcasting of meetings compulsory.
27/03/2017 - 11:03
South Lanarkshire Council has launched a competition offering the chance to win a year’s free council tax for those who signed up to pay for council tax by direct debit by 1 April.
27/03/2017 - 10:43
The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged the government to allow local authorities to ban pavement parking across the country to crack down on inconsiderate motorists.
24/03/2017 - 12:52
The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that people need to be more aware of modern slavery, after figures have shown council referrals of potential victims have soared by 78 per cent.
24/03/2017 - 12:20
UK police data has revealed that English council elections attracted the most electoral fraud reports in 2016, twice as many as the EU referendum.
24/03/2017 - 11:33
Swindon Council has set aside £600,000 over the next three years to help improve educational outcomes set out in its Swindon Challenge strategy.
24/03/2017 - 11:20
Official statistics have shown that council tax in England is on average £171 higher than that of Wales.
23/03/2017 - 11:08
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for ‘full flexibility’ in how they use the £2 billion in new social care funding announced in the Budget, ahead of guidance due to be published by government on how it should be spent.
23/03/2017 - 10:32
The Local Government Association (LGA) has launched a 16-week programme in partnership with the Design Council to support six local authorities in London with inventing workable solutions to high priority issues affecting their local communities.
23/03/2017 - 10:14
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and Arts Council England has announced that 30 local authorities’ libraries services from across the country will receive a total of £3.9 million from the Libraries Opportunities for Everyone Innovation fund.
23/03/2017 - 10:02
Christchurch Borough Council has voted in favour of a proposed referendum on local government reorganisation in Dorset.
23/03/2017 - 09:50
Edinburgh City Council has been criticised for the way it handled complaints about a poster advertising scheme, introduced in 2003.
22/03/2017 - 10:16
A new report by Localis has argued for an industrial strategy which provides local areas the support and space to lead from the front in their economic renewal.
22/03/2017 - 09:39
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed the return of further powers to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, two years after the government took over the running of services.
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