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.
26/09/2016 - 09:24
The government has responded to a consultation about reforms to public sector exit payments.
23/09/2016 - 11:26
Somerset County Council is facing a £24 million overspend this financial year, as a result of expensive social care costs and a reduction in government budgets.
23/09/2016 - 11:09
Edinburgh City Council has ordered a survey of its council buildings, after 17 of the region’s schools were closed as a result of safety concerns.
23/09/2016 - 10:53
A new investigation by ITV programme Suspended: Britain’s Pay Scandal? highlighted that over 1,172 council staff have been suspended from work on full pay, in the last three years.
23/09/2016 - 10:36
Norfolk County Council has launched a new Social Care Academy to recruit and retain social workers and encourage former social workers back to the profession, in order to address the staff shortage.
23/09/2016 - 10:24
Derbyshire County Council has introduced new rules which allow parents to take their children on holiday during term-time, so long has the child’s attendance over the previous 12 months is above 94 per cent.
22/09/2016 - 15:40
Warwickshire County Council has announced a set of options it will consider to achieve savings of around £67 million by 2020.
22/09/2016 - 14:53
January will see Hull become the UK’s City of Culture for 2017, with officials describing the title as the ‘beginning of a cultural renaissance’.
22/09/2016 - 14:46
More than 300 writers have urged Culture Secretary Karen Bradley to ‘set a new course' for libraries 'after years of decline’.
22/09/2016 - 10:55
A public consultation has found that transport is a top priority for the West Midlands Combined Authority.
22/09/2016 - 10:47
Hundreds of nursery schools could close if the government presses ahead with plans to offer 30 hours a week of free childcare, the NAHT has warned.
22/09/2016 - 10:26
A new report has suggested that UK’s cities are lagging behind their European counterparts in terms of skills, productivity and innovation.
22/09/2016 - 10:15
Council leaders have praised a judicial review which ruled that councils should remain exempt from VAT on commercial waste collections.
21/09/2016 - 11:52
Southwark Council has said it is seeking a judicial review over the government’s decision to block a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on Aylesbury Estate, as part of the council’s wider plans for a regeneration scheme.
21/09/2016 - 10:58
The UK government has invited Derry City & Strabane Council to put forward proposals to sustain the Londonderry to London air route, following the recent announcement by Ryanair that it would stop serving the route and the end of March 2017.
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