Preparing your authority for a citizens’ assembly
Graham Smith, professor of politics at the University of Westminster, looks at how citizens’ assemblies should work with local authorities.
Labour pledges £15m to support 300 new nurseries
26/09/2024 Three hundred nurseries will be opened by next September to help address the rising demand for childcare, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson announces. |
Councils’ confidence for childcare roll-out ‘worryingly low’
27/06/2024 Local authorities in England have raised concerns that they will be unable to meet demand in the next phase of the expansion of free childcare. |
Council chiefs warn of nursery closures
05/07/2023 Nine in 10 councils said they were concerned that nursery closures would undermine capacity ahead of the extension of the 30 hours free childcare scheme. |
Universal Credit childcare payments to rise nearly 50%
31/05/2023 Parents on Universal Credit will be able to claim hundreds of pounds more to cover childcare costs from the end of June, the Government has announced. |
Childcare provider fined record £225,000
22/05/2023 Britain’s biggest childcare provider given record fine after mouse droppings were found in the kitchen and the children’s play areas of one of its nurseries. |
Council asked to reimburse father for nursery fees
19/05/2023 Windsor and Maidenhead Council has been asked to partially reimburse the fees a father paid while his daughter was receiving free nursery care. |
Early years spending ‘seriously eroded’
12/12/2022 Spending on early years and higher education has been ‘seriously eroded’ by higher-than-expected inflation, financial experts have warned. |
Childcare offer ‘complex, patchy and costly’, think tank says
22/09/2022 A think tank has called for a radical overhaul of childcare as research finds that the cost of childcare is forcing new parents to pay to return to work. |
Parents face ‘postcode lottery’ for expensive childcare, survey reveals
26/02/2020 Parents are paying 5% more for childcare for the under-twos than they were one year ago, according to an annual survey of childcare costs. |
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Childcare funding ‘insufficient’, council chiefs warn
28/02/2019 Government funding for nursery school places often fails to cover the costs for those providing the care, local authority leaders have warned. |
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Council chiefs warn of ‘detrimental impact’ of nursery cuts
24/10/2018 Local authority leaders have warned that Government plans to cut funding are placing maintained nurseries and support for children with special needs at risk. |
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Nurseries need ‘urgent investment’ to cope with teacher shortage
01/11/2016 Save the Children has called for urgent investment in early years education to cope with a shortage of 10,000 nursery school teachers. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
