The ten councils with the largest number of troubled families in England have agreed to join a government scheme that will pay them up to £4,000 for each problem household they help.
Every young person out of work for more than a year should be given a publicly funded ‘Youth Job Promise’, according to the independent experts examining last summer’s riots.
Councils must reduce delays in adoption cases, including referring children to the national register after three months, the prime minister announced today.
Plans to cut spending at the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission are risky and based on ‘very uncertain’ estimates about future income, the National Audit Office warned today.
Finance directors’ fears are mounting over how their councils will be able to run services effectively and balance their books in the medium term, a CIPFA survey reveals.
The number of children taken into care in England hit a record high last month, sparking fears about the ability of councils and other agencies to deal with the volume of cases.
The government must address differences in the take-up of early years education across the country to ensure spending on nurseries represents value for money, the National Audit Office said today.
The government has defended its controversial plan for a £500-a-week cap on benefits ahead of today’s House of Lords debate on the Welfare Reform Bill.
Fourteen areas have been selected to run Community Budget pilots – ten more than originally planned, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announced today.
The Autumn Statement has made it ‘inconceivable’ that the government will eradicate child poverty by 2020, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
Personal data on individuals has been lost or stolen from UK councils on more than 1,000 occasions in the past three years, according to a report published today.
The UK's four children's commissioners have urged the government to reassess its spending plans, saying the cuts risk pushing more families into poverty.
Poverty is set to worsen as the beneficial effects of the introduction of Universal Credit are negated by other welfare changes, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said today.