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.
29/11/2021 - 07:52
Hundreds of thousands of trees will be planted in communities across England thanks to funding through the Nature for Climate Fund.
29/11/2021 - 07:42
A snap survey of the state of social care services has revealed a rapidly deteriorating picture of older and disabled people left waiting for help.
26/11/2021 - 14:54
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a greater sense of national division, but our sense of local unity has remained strong.
26/11/2021 - 11:06
The National Audit Office has reported that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s flagship Kickstart scheme may not be delivering value for money.
26/11/2021 - 09:57
New expert attendance advisers with decades of first-hand experience are to begin work to reduce pupil absence.
25/11/2021 - 11:41
Labour saysthat the government’s ‘working-class dementia tax’ will disproportionately hit families in the Midlands and the North of England.
25/11/2021 - 09:30
New research on the cost of living crunch by Citizens Advice reveals one in ten families are facing financial crisis this winter.
24/11/2021 - 12:15
All local authorities with children’s services have been informed of the government’s intention to temporarily mandate the National Transfer Scheme.
24/11/2021 - 11:42
A new survey has found that nearly a third of care staff believe that staffing levels are getting worse and negatively affecting the care provided.
24/11/2021 - 08:23
The cumulative number of young people being electively home educated during 2020-21 was 34 per cent higher than 2019-20 totals.
24/11/2021 - 08:18
Universities will be required to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children by driving up education standards in schools in the local community.
23/11/2021 - 09:48
Councils are to be forced to care for some of the unaccompanied asylum seeker children who have arrived via the English Channel in small boats.
22/11/2021 - 10:32
New homes and buildings, as well as those undergoing major renovation, will be required to install electric vehicle charge points from next year.
22/11/2021 - 10:14
The number of vulnerable children being placed in council care could reach almost 100,000 by the middle of the decade.
22/11/2021 - 09:22
The government has launched a £7 million fund to help people access more volunteering opportunities across a range of sectors.
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