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.
31/01/2018 - 16:32
Leeds City Council’s executive board will discuss a proposal to establish a public bike sharing scheme in the city.
31/01/2018 - 10:01
Swansea Council is coming to the end of its PATCH road repair programme for 2017/18, which has seen more than 1,240 tonnes of tar used to repair roads.
30/01/2018 - 14:09
Blackpool Council is set to become the first local authority to manage its own water supply following its licence application to Ofwat.
30/01/2018 - 10:31
Sadiq Khan has revealed that schools in the capital will receive an alert every time air pollution is set to pose an acute risk to health.
29/01/2018 - 09:49
Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council have launched a new metal recycling campaign.
26/01/2018 - 12:20
Southwark Council will cut its investments in fossil fuels by agreeing to move £150 million into the Blackrock Low Carbon Target Equity Fund.
26/01/2018 - 10:37
Glasgow City Council is to stop using plastic straws in a bid to prevent tens of thousands of plastic straws a year going to landfill.
25/01/2018 - 09:29
Shops, cafes and businesses will offer free water refill points in every major city and town by 2021 in a bid to cut disposable plastic bottle use.
24/01/2018 - 12:34
Following a successful trial, Conwy County Borough Council has taken the decision to phase in four-weekly black bin collections across the region.
22/01/2018 - 10:59
SUEZ recycling and recovery UK has been awarded a contract by Devon County Council to develop a new waste transfer station.
22/01/2018 - 10:44
Sheffield City Council has applied for funding to convert two of its retired refuse collection vehicles to run on the waste taken away from households.
22/01/2018 - 09:44
Leeds City Council is to introduce a charge residents looking to dispose of certain types of household rubbish at their local waste sorting site.
16/01/2018 - 09:14
The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on proposals to transfer ‘flood risk management activities’ of watercourses to local groups.
12/01/2018 - 11:58
Greater Manchester is one of four UK settings chosen to ‘pioneer’ new ways of enhancing the natural environment.
12/01/2018 - 10:18
Government ministers have encouraged local authorities to consider the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme and improve transport efficiency.
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