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.
20/09/2016 - 09:58
Andy Street has vowed to turn the West Midlands into Britain’s economic powerhouse as he enters the race to become the region’s first elected mayor
20/09/2016 - 09:47
A trial is underway in Conwy, north Wales, in which bins will only be emptied once a month in a bid to boost levels of recycling.
20/09/2016 - 08:59
Millions of pounds in unpaid business rates are being written off by councils due to a loophole in licensing and business laws being exploited.
19/09/2016 - 11:33
Belfast City Council has unveiled plans to transform three of its leisure centre with a £60 million cash injection.
19/09/2016 - 11:23
The control of education services in Slough is set to be returned to the powers of the council, after the Department for Education ordered that the children centres be run by Cambridge Education.
19/09/2016 - 10:57
Prime Minister Theresa May is set to criticise the West’s response to the migration crisis, at the UK summit in New York, calling for a new approach to tackling the crisis.
19/09/2016 - 10:35
Local authorities have commissioned surveys to examine waste and identify those who fail to separate rubbish and recycling.
19/09/2016 - 09:36
The Local Government Association (LGA) has has called on the government to legally compel food manufacturers to include ‘traffic light’ nutrition labels on packages.
16/09/2016 - 11:02
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has asked for evidence on the future use and development of driverless vehicles after launching an inquiry into the sector.
16/09/2016 - 10:47
Anglesey Council has become the latest Welsh local authority to stop tenants buying their own council houses.
16/09/2016 - 10:23
Powys Council cabinet has agreed to develop a new trading company to run 12 Bupa Care Ltd homes across the county, after its contract with the group expires in May.
16/09/2016 - 10:08
Durham County Council has offered a two-year compensation package to teaching assistants (TAs), following a row surrounding its plan to pay the region’s 2,700 TAs for 39 weeks instead of 52.
16/09/2016 - 09:54
Former Chancellor George Osborne is set to a chair a new think tank aimed at progressing the Northern Powerhouse plan.
16/09/2016 - 09:41
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government to issue councils with more powers to enable them to tackle illegal schools.
15/09/2016 - 14:11
Kingston Council has approved the development of four more Go Cycle developments across the borough.
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