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.
17/12/2015 - 12:29
Reform of the Welsh public services is still too slow and needs to radically change if it is to meet the challenges of the future, according to a report from the Welsh Audit Office.
17/12/2015 - 12:24
The government has now resettled 1,000 Syrian refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme, meeting it’s end of year target.
16/12/2015 - 11:27
A report entitled ‘Beyond business rates: incentivising cities to grow’ has argued that councils should be handed more control of their finances, including the £10 billion generated in stamp duty tax.
15/12/2015 - 11:58
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for a ‘far ranging government backed’ national database to help councils crack down on ‘rogue landlords’.
15/12/2015 - 11:57
The government has awarded two new contracts to deliver new training programmes to civil servants across England from March 2016.
15/12/2015 - 11:56
The Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) is calling for Scottish local authorities to be fined for failing to meet targets for teacher numbers.
14/12/2015 - 11:16
Blackpool’s Winter Gardens is one of 77 projects set to receive a £3 million cash boost to develop coastal towns and resorts.
14/12/2015 - 11:13
Prime Minister David Cameron will announce plans for local authority social services in England to face tougher measures, if they are found to be failing vulnerable children.
11/12/2015 - 11:52
Birmingham City Council has warned that 1,200 jobs could be lost in a bid to generate savings of £250 million over the next four years.
10/12/2015 - 11:27
Council leaders have called for tighter controls on Freedom of Information (FoI) requests claiming they are a ‘burden’ on local authorities.
09/12/2015 - 11:48
The government has confirmed that councils will be reimbursed for clean up costs following damage caused by Storm Desmond.
09/12/2015 - 11:44
All large public sector bodies will be required to take on a set number of apprentices this year, which will ensure they make up 2.3 per cent of the public sector workforce.
08/12/2015 - 11:27
A small number of councils are at risk of financial or service failure, a report published by accountancy firm Grant Thornton has cautioned.
08/12/2015 - 11:25
Figures published by the Kings Fund suggest that a two per cent increase to fund social care would raise a lot less than the £2 billion figure claimed by Chancellor George Osborne.
07/12/2015 - 12:35
Plans to make the Midlands an ‘engine of growth’ by creating 300,000 jobs in addition to boosting the national economy by £34 billion has been unveiled at the University of Birmingham.
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