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.
04/05/2017 - 10:25
Polling stations opened at 07:00, Thursday 4 May, meaning a total of 4,851 council seats are available in 88 councils.
04/05/2017 - 10:05
Councils along the Irish border are set to meet in County Fermanagh to discuss the impact of Brexit.
04/05/2017 - 09:54
New figures from Cardiff City Council have shown the authority has collected fines of over £4.5 million from parking and motoring offences in the past 12 months.
04/05/2017 - 09:37
A coalition of environmental organisations, including the National Trust and The Wildlife Trusts, the Campaign for Better Transport, the Green Alliance and the Campaign to Protect Rural England, have called on incoming metro mayors to take urgent action to make their city regions greener.
03/05/2017 - 11:36
A new report commissioned by the Environmental Services Association Educational Trust (ESAET) and the Environmental Services Association has warned waste crime in England incurs losses to the legitimate waste industry and the taxpayer of £604 million a year.
03/05/2017 - 11:20
Medway Council has confirmed its twitter feed was hacked, with corrupted posts including announcing an end to council tax and free parking for all.
03/05/2017 - 11:08
According to a new survey from independent trust Power to Change, Liverpudlians are more likely to be aware of local council cuts than residents in Birmingham, Manchester and London.
03/05/2017 - 10:44
Research conducted by FalconStor has found that local authorities are putting the personal data of 3.5 million citizens at risk by not having a Disaster Recovery (DR) plan in place, LocalGov has reported.
03/05/2017 - 10:08
According to new research published by researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA), University College London (UCL), London Metropolitan University and the University of Nottingham, positive social support from adult children is associated with reduced risk of developing dementia.
02/05/2017 - 10:48
Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) has apologised to 14 vulnerable adults whose personal details were published online.
02/05/2017 - 10:32
The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has cautioned that the general election campaign is ‘crowding out’ the forthcoming local elections.
02/05/2017 - 10:18
A report by the Communities and Local Government Committee has called on the government to end the dominance over the housing market of the major homebuilding firms and encourage councils and housing associations to build more.
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