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.
10/02/2021 - 09:20
DHSC's decision to prioritise hospitals at the beginning of the pandemic meant social care providers were left exposed by lack of PPE.
08/02/2021 - 09:32
Labour says that almost £2 billion of coronavirus spending has been spent on ‘crony’ contracts going to Conservative friends and donors.
16/12/2020 - 15:39
The Cabinet Office has launched new plans to overhaul procurement rules, making it easier for smaller businesses to win government contracts.
18/11/2020 - 12:20
The government has not been transparent about suppliers and services when it scrambled to award £18 billion worth of coronavirus contracts.
21/10/2020 - 11:06
The Centre for Policy Studies has set out nine ideas which would deliver £30 billion a year to the Treasury without impacting frontline services.
28/09/2020 - 09:21
Under new measures, businesses seeking to win government work must set out how they will also deliver social value priorities.
09/09/2020 - 09:41
The new Artificial Intelligence Dynamic Purchasing System, from CCS, offers a route to buy artificial intelligence services in the public sector.
20/05/2020 - 09:33
London boroughs have agreed a new pan-London partnership to secure emergency supplies of PPE for crucial local services.
16/09/2019 - 11:57
A new report warns that politicians have ‘consistently overstated’ the extent of savings achieved through outsourcing services.
06/08/2019 - 14:21
The Crown Commercial Service has awarded its latest vehicle hire agreement - with a focus on boosting car share solutions.
02/08/2019 - 10:54
The first new Freeports will be established after we leave the EU, to ensure towns and cities benefit from Brexit trade opportunities.
23/07/2019 - 15:11
The longstanding strategic partnership between Southampton City Council and Capita has come to an end.
17/07/2019 - 15:17
Oliver Dowden has warned that public sector organisations must pay their suppliers on time and set an example for the private sector.
02/07/2019 - 09:24
Thousands of small businesses have won the chance to bid to supply cloud computing services to government bodies.
26/06/2019 - 09:17
Council leaders have said that more than a billion pounds of taxpayers’ money has been saved by councils sharing services.
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