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.
17/01/2017 - 13:01
Flintshire Council has voted to buy back a collection of former council houses, in report which confirmed the move was necessary to plug a growing gap in affordable homes.
17/01/2017 - 12:25
New research from Rural England has highlighted that rural communities are suffering from a ‘patchy’ provision of key services and has called for more to be done to fill the gaps.
16/01/2017 - 17:10
Property Partner has suggested that the 22,000 empty council-owned garages in London could be turned into 16,000 one bed flats.
16/01/2017 - 16:56
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a funding pot of £29 million to help community and third sector projects tackle poverty.
16/01/2017 - 16:51
Glasgow City Council is to increase council tax for the first time since 2005, raising the figure by three per cent.
16/01/2017 - 12:36
The Timewise Foundation has awarded Croydon Council the accredited ‘Flexible Working Council’ title.
16/01/2017 - 11:04
Friends of the Earth Scotland has published a list of Scotland’s most polluted streets in 2016.
16/01/2017 - 10:19
To mark National Pothole Day 2017, the RSTA has published new facts and figures which highlight the deteriorating state of local roads.
16/01/2017 - 09:51
To cover the increased cost of social care and a budget overspend, Norfolk County Council is set to increase its council tax by 4.8 per cent.
13/01/2017 - 12:25
New plans announced by Communities Secretary Sajid Javid includes a £60 tax reform to make it easier for companies to connect more homes and businesses across England to gold standard full fibre broadband.
13/01/2017 - 12:10
Elections for a Sheffield City Region (SCR) mayor have been postponed after the high court ruled that residents had not been properly consulted on details of the plans.
13/01/2017 - 11:44
A report from Better Connected, the annual survey of local authority website performance, has called on council library services to do more to make it easier for people to sign up and use their e-books, e-magazines and e-audio services.
13/01/2017 - 11:18
Bristol Council has announced it is set to increase council tax by five per cent, equalling just over £6 per month for a Band D household - from April, in a bid to balance its books.
13/01/2017 - 11:02
The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has published a report calling on the government to do more to help Syrian torture survivors arriving in the UK as refugees.
13/01/2017 - 10:23
The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has published a report calling on cities and local authorities to take the lead in supporting sustainable development in their local areas.
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