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.
15/12/2016 - 12:44
Councils will be allowed to increase council tax by six per cent over the next two years in order to fund social care services.
15/12/2016 - 11:09
Major relationship support providers may not be sufficiently reaching families in or at risk of poverty, a new report claims.
14/12/2016 - 14:41
Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that the lack of social care funding leaving elderly people isolated is a ‘crisis made in Downing Street’.
12/12/2016 - 09:50
Councils in England and Wales could be given power to increase council taxes to fund the social care system, it has been reported.
12/12/2016 - 09:20
The Fire Brigades Union have warned that budget cuts are beginning to slowly undermine the effectiveness of fire services in England and Wales.
12/12/2016 - 09:08
The campaign group Doctors Against Diesel have joined the argument for banning diesel vehicles in London.
09/12/2016 - 16:45
Transform Ageing, a new initiative to better support the needs of people in later life living in the South West has been launched.
09/12/2016 - 11:38
Local authorities spend an average of less than one per cent of their public health budget on mental health, Mind has claimed.
09/12/2016 - 10:22
The Commons Communities & Local Government Committee has found that 90 per cent of the public visit a park at least once a week.
08/12/2016 - 15:52
New rules banning the advertising of junk food or drink products in children’s media have been announced.
07/12/2016 - 15:24
Sadiq Khan has announced that £875 million will be invested in action to improve the quality of the Capital’s air through to 2021/22.
06/12/2016 - 11:25
A new report has highlighted the role that employment plays in improving the self-worth of people with drug and alcohol addictions.
06/12/2016 - 11:02
Bus operator First West Yorkshire has pledged £71 million to provide a fleet of 284 low-emission buses to the city of Leeds by 2020.
06/12/2016 - 10:28
Vulnerable older people should be offered befriending programmes or exercise classes to prevent loneliness, experts have said.
02/12/2016 - 12:19
A study being carried out by former health minister Dr Dan Poulter and King’s College London will survey MPs on their mental health, asking questions about their sense of self-worth and drinking habits.
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