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.
18/11/2016 - 11:03
Savings of £31 million have been delivered to Barnet Council three years after the council outsourced a contract to Capita.
18/11/2016 - 10:50
A new report is urging the government’s Autumn Statement to include a controversial air passenger duty tax cut of 50 per cent.
18/11/2016 - 10:33
The government ‘must do more’ to understand local authority finances and their impact on taxpayers, PAC says.
18/11/2016 - 10:24
In doubling its road budget, Glasgow City Council will fund £16million to tackle the Scottish city’s pothole problems.
18/11/2016 - 10:14
More than £300 million has been granted to help young people from any background enjoy the benefits of music and the arts.
18/11/2016 - 09:47
£4 million of funding to repair and improve Cumbria’s tourist trails following the flooding in the region has been announced.
17/11/2016 - 11:42
The High Court has ruled that Cumbria County Council must pay a bill of £5.4 million following a dispute with a former contractor, in which it claims the work carried out was substandard.
17/11/2016 - 11:11
Analysis conducted by the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) has indicated that councils spend £6.4 billion a year to deal with damaging social problems affecting children and their families.
17/11/2016 - 10:38
The BBC has reported that the government has dropped plans put forward by Former House of Lords leader Lord Strathclyde to remove peers' veto over laws - called statutory instruments.
17/11/2016 - 10:15
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government to provide more funding for social care to improve the quality of care received by elderly people.
17/11/2016 - 09:45
Manchester City Council has given the green light to a plan to spend £330 million renovating Manchester Town Hall.
17/11/2016 - 09:37
Figures from the RAC Foundation have shown that local authorities in Wales have made a combined profit of £13.8 million in 2015/16 from car parking penalties.
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