29/11/2021 - 07:42
A snap survey of the state of social care services has revealed a rapidly deteriorating picture of older and disabled people left waiting for help.
26/11/2021 - 14:54
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a greater sense of national division, but our sense of local unity has remained strong.
26/11/2021 - 11:06
The National Audit Office has reported that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s flagship Kickstart scheme may not be delivering value for money.
26/11/2021 - 09:57
New expert attendance advisers with decades of first-hand experience are to begin work to reduce pupil absence.
25/11/2021 - 11:41
Labour saysthat the government’s ‘working-class dementia tax’ will disproportionately hit families in the Midlands and the North of England.
25/11/2021 - 09:30
New research on the cost of living crunch by Citizens Advice reveals one in ten families are facing financial crisis this winter.
24/11/2021 - 12:15
All local authorities with children’s services have been informed of the government’s intention to temporarily mandate the National Transfer Scheme.
24/11/2021 - 11:42
A new survey has found that nearly a third of care staff believe that staffing levels are getting worse and negatively affecting the care provided.
24/11/2021 - 08:23
The cumulative number of young people being electively home educated during 2020-21 was 34 per cent higher than 2019-20 totals.
24/11/2021 - 08:18
Universities will be required to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children by driving up education standards in schools in the local community.
24/11/2021 - 08:08
Social care-providing authorities are now spending more than 60 per cent of their outgoings on essential services.
23/11/2021 - 16:17
Fourteen ‘brownfield’ sites have been identified for nearly 3,000 new homes in the Liverpool City Region.
23/11/2021 - 09:48
Councils are to be forced to care for some of the unaccompanied asylum seeker children who have arrived via the English Channel in small boats.
23/11/2021 - 09:28
People living in social housing will be safer in their homes under new rules that will mean smoke alarms must be fitted in all rented accommodation.
22/11/2021 - 16:55
More than 5,000 new homes in flood-risk areas of England have been granted planning permission so far this year.
