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NAO warning over childcare reforms
April 24, 2024
Just one in 10 councils predict they will meet the deadline to create 85,000 Government-funded childcare places by autumn 2025, spending watchdogs have warned.
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Fresh call for Right to Buy restrictions
April 24, 2024
Housing experts today called for fresh restrictions on the controversial Right to Buy policy – including a ban on applying it to new builds.
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'No appetite' for Scottish equal pay unit
April 24, 2024
Scottish Government ministers are unlikely to establish a national equal pay unit despite calls from the trade union that led strikes over the snowballing issue.
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Limited improvement on hospital delayed discharges despite £600m funding
April 24, 2024
An improvement of just 12% in hospital delayed discharge figures was achieved in the last financial year despite a further £600m investment in the problem.
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Council apologises over FOI delays
April 24, 2024
Walsall Council has apologised for delays to its response under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Whiteman criticises lack of prevention focus in productivity demands
April 23, 2024
Some ministerial productivity demands are ‘populist nonsense’ more likely to appear in election campaigns than ‘plug material gaps’ in council finances, an expert has warned.
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Asylum seekers moved from RAF Wethersfield due to incomplete safety checks
April 23, 2024
The Home Office has moved 70 people away from an asylum accommodation site after it failed to complete necessary safety checks on time.
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Peers call for action on private ownership of children’s homes
April 23, 2024
Peers have called for action to tackle private companies’ dominance of the children’s homes market.
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Unison warns of looming strike as it awaits pay offer
April 23, 2024
Scotland’s largest local government union has warned strike preparations could begin next week amid growing tensions over pay.
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Gove open to giving mayors Whitehall voice
April 23, 2024
Local government secretary Michael Gove has not ruled out a ‘formal structure’ for mayors to work more closely with central government.
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West of England Combined Authority announces chief
April 23, 2024
The West of England Combined Authority has appointed Stephen Peacock as its chief executive.
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UK first as council approves stake in low-carbon firm
April 23, 2024
Shropshire Council is to become joint owner of a firm producing low-carbon materials worth an estimated £133,333 annually to the authority.