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20 Sep 18
A commission, using its own unique measurement, has concluded 14.2 million people in the UK were living in poverty last year.
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20 Sep 18
The UK government will return all powers to Rotherham Council after a three-year intervention, the communities secretary has announced.
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17 Sep 18
The education funding squeeze for 16 to 18 year olds in England is “clear and worrying”, a think-tank report has said.
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10 Sep 18
Thousands of children could miss out on care unless the government clarifies what councils must legally provide as they cut services, the Children’s Commissioner has told PF.
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23 Aug 18
Local authorities will benefit from a £13m funding boost to help vulnerable children, the Home Office has said.
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20 Aug 18
The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
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15 Aug 18
Financial pressures on English councils mean they are struggling to provide a ‘good’ standard of social care provision for children, an independent think-tank has highlighted.
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7 Aug 18
Children’s services could suffer as more councils are revealed to be struggling financially, local government experts have warned.
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30 Jul 18
Children of parents with mental health problems are more likely to use health services, Health Foundation research has found.
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30 Jul 18
Funding for youth crime prevention will be doubled after a rise in incidents involving knives, the government has announced.
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24 Jul 18
Child poverty has risen twice as fast as official figures suggest and has been significantly underestimated in government data, a think-tank has warned.
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23 Jul 18
The government today announced it was minded to end its intervention at Rotherham council, three years after commissioners were first sent in.
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18 Jul 18
Facts and figures from the July 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on immigration caps, the riddle of the Lords, and the ethnic diversity gap in UK charities
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18 Jul 18
If children are our future then we need to put the money into protecting them, argues Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson
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15 Jun 18
Spending per head on local authority-led children’s services will regress 20% to 2005 levels, according to a report out this week.
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7 Jun 18
Partnerships and innovation are coming to the fore in challenging financial times, says CIPFA’s Rob Whiteman.
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1 Jun 18
Expanding grammar schools will benefit children in better off areas rather than increase opportunity for all, says the Lib Dem’s education spokesperson Layla Moran.
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30 May 18
MPs and a local government umbrella-body have called for greater funding and powers for councils to tackle childhood obesity.
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23 May 18
The government has confirmed where £6m of previously announced money to improve maths in the North is to go.
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18 May 18
Schools need more funding to deal with a “worrying” rise in demand for child mental health services, the Local Government Association has said.
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17 May 18
Now the dust has settled - two weeks after the local elections - the Institute for Government’s Graham Atkins gives some advice for newly-elected councillors on five challenges they need to address....
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14 May 18
Facts and figures from the May 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on attitudes to immigration, rising knife crime and whether David Miliband is the saviour of the centre
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9 May 18
Hundreds of thousands of children in England will miss out on mental health support under the government’s plans to reform the service, a joint select committee has said.
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2 May 18
More than £1bn is to be invested annually in early learning and childcare across Scotland under a landmark deal struck between councils and the Scottish Government.
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1 May 18
Early years providers in England are struggling to provide the promised 30 hours of free child care because of “insufficient” funding, a survey has found.
20 Sep 18A commission, using its own unique measurement, has concluded 14.2 million people in the UK were living in poverty last year.
20 Sep 18The UK government will return all powers to Rotherham Council after a three-year intervention, the communities secretary has announced.
17 Sep 18The education funding squeeze for 16 to 18 year olds in England is “clear and worrying”, a think-tank report has said.
10 Sep 18Thousands of children could miss out on care unless the government clarifies what councils must legally provide as they cut services, the Children’s Commissioner has told PF.
20 Aug 18The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
7 Aug 18Children’s services could suffer as more councils are revealed to be struggling financially, local government experts have warned.
30 Jul 18Children of parents with mental health problems are more likely to use health services, Health Foundation research has found.
30 Jul 18Funding for youth crime prevention will be doubled after a rise in incidents involving knives, the government has announced.
18 Jul 18Facts and figures from the July 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on immigration caps, the riddle of the Lords, and the ethnic diversity gap in UK charities
15 Jun 18Spending per head on local authority-led children’s services will regress 20% to 2005 levels, according to a report out this week.
1 Jun 18Expanding grammar schools will benefit children in better off areas rather than increase opportunity for all, says the Lib Dem’s education spokesperson Layla Moran.
23 May 18The government has confirmed where £6m of previously announced money to improve maths in the North is to go.
18 May 18Schools need more funding to deal with a “worrying” rise in demand for child mental health services, the Local Government Association has said.
14 May 18Facts and figures from the May 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on attitudes to immigration, rising knife crime and whether David Miliband is the saviour of the centre
2 May 18More than £1bn is to be invested annually in early learning and childcare across Scotland under a landmark deal struck between councils and the Scottish Government.
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