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.
17/12/2021 - 15:16
Care providers, residents and staff will all benefit from additional funding, totalling £1.4 billion, to support the social care sector.
16/12/2021 - 16:29
Councils will receive £53.9bn in funding for the coming financial year, including more than £1bn of additional funding for social care.
15/12/2021 - 10:32
The top five per cent of families have gotten richer by £3,300 a year, while the poorest 50 per cent have had their incomes squeezed by £110.
10/12/2021 - 09:12
Leaders of England’s largest councils have warned that that they will have to reluctantly raise council tax next year to keep local services running.
10/12/2021 - 07:17
The long-awaited levelling up white paper should include a framework for how the government will negotiate devolution deals with county areas.
07/12/2021 - 09:42
Levelling up northern towns must focus on helping local people access well-paid, skilled jobs in order to drive up wages and productivity.
06/12/2021 - 07:58
It has been confirmed that the government's white paper on ‘levelling up’ all regions of the UK is likely to be delayed until next
03/12/2021 - 12:36
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced the 15 projects receiving more than £2 million in funding through his High Streets for All Challenge.
03/12/2021 - 10:46
A fund to tackle loneliness and social isolation will help grass root organisations bring communities together across Wales.
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.
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 - 08:08
Social care-providing authorities are now spending more than 60 per cent of their outgoings on essential services.
23/11/2021 - 16:17
Fourteen ‘brownfield’ sites have been identified for nearly 3,000 new homes in the Liverpool City Region.
22/11/2021 - 16:51
The Local Government Association has announced the nine successful councils in its new Digital Pathfinders Programme.
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