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.
26/01/2017 - 11:16
Campaigners argue against ‘counterproductive’ way of standardising services and outsourcing contracts, encouraging councils to ‘keep it local’.
26/01/2017 - 11:06
Peterborough City Council could end its waste and recycling contract with Amey by mutual consent under new budget proposals.
26/01/2017 - 10:53
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has announced £375,000 of new funding to further encourage the reporting and prevention of hate crime.
26/01/2017 - 10:15
Many local authorities are not providing the information that families with disabled children need to access childcare.
26/01/2017 - 10:06
Bath & North East Somerset Council has given its backing to an 800-space park and ride to the east of the city to handle growing congestion.
26/01/2017 - 09:46
To prevent coffee cups ending up in landfill, a scheme to boost disposable coffee cup recycling has been launched in the City of London.
25/01/2017 - 15:33
New statistics from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) have shown that 4,134 people slept rough per night across England in 2016 - a 16 per cent increase on the previous year.
25/01/2017 - 12:57
Oxfordshire County Council (CC) has approved plans to stop funding for 14 out of 22 day care centres.
25/01/2017 - 11:42
Leeds City Council has installed safety measures aimed at preventing any terrorist attack involving a lorry in Leeds city centre.
24/01/2017 - 14:58
A review of sentencing guidelines by the Sentencing Council has directed that speeding fines for the most serious cases in England and Wales are set to rise by 50 per cent.
24/01/2017 - 14:37
Farnham Borough Council has approved plans for the creation of infrastructure to help link the electricity transmission systems of Britain and France.
24/01/2017 - 13:28
Minister for Faith and Integration Lord Bourne and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced a £210,000 funding boost to be shared among Near Neighbours community projects in England.
23/01/2017 - 11:44
Stockport’s chief executive Eamonn Boylan is set to become the first full time boss of Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
23/01/2017 - 11:00
A substantial increase in construction is needed if the UK government is to meet its target of building a million new homes by 2020.
23/01/2017 - 10:26
The LGA has warned that motorists trying to save money are putting lives at risk by buying dangerous second-hand tyres.
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