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.
07/05/2019 - 09:56
Voters from Newcastle, Northumberland and North Tyneside chose Labour's Jamie Driscoll as the first ever mayor for the North of Tyne.
07/05/2019 - 09:47
Protecting the integrity of UK elections is the focus of a package of new measures which will crack down on intimidation, influence and disinformation.
07/05/2019 - 09:21
Communities with the biggest council spending cuts to youth services are likely to see the biggest increases in knife crime.
03/05/2019 - 15:17
Oxford City Council has unveiled new data that shows carbon emissions in the city have fallen by 24 per cent over the last three years.
03/05/2019 - 12:48
The TCPA is calling for a new, ground-breaking piece of legislation to transform the quality of new homes in England.
03/05/2019 - 10:35
The government is reportedly considering forcing schools to open over the summer holidays so that they can be used for activities.
03/05/2019 - 10:09
More than £25 million of funding is to be allocated to over 100 areas across England to help fund 20 new rough sleeping centres.
03/05/2019 - 09:37
Damian Hinds is asking local authorities, schools and colleges how the funding system for pupils with special needs and disabilities could improve.
03/05/2019 - 09:17
Both the Conservatives and Labour parties have experienced a nationwide backlash at the ballot box over Brexit.
02/05/2019 - 14:28
The government is unlikely to meet by 2020 its target to release sufficient public sector land to build 160,000 homes.
02/05/2019 - 10:25
A lack of women candidates in local elections is leaving councils ‘behind the times’ as only 34 per cent of the people running today are women.
01/05/2019 - 14:36
Councils have been urged to remember pavement potholes when repairing their roads to enable the most vulnerable to feel safer using their streets.
01/05/2019 - 14:17
Investment-based crowdfunding can provide local authorities with a competitively-priced source of capital and increased levels of civic engagement.
01/05/2019 - 10:20
The government needs to take urgent action to help close the privilege gap as ‘inequality is now entrenched in Britain from birth to work’.
01/05/2019 - 09:47
The Electoral Reform Society has warned that the government’s mandatory voter ID plans could ‘undermine the right to vote’.
