After addressing the CIPFA international conference in London, the former US comptroller general and founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative talks to Public Finance about: fiscal...
Government proposals to radically reform services for young people with special educational needs have been welcomed by children’s charities but have alarmed teaching unions.
Almost a third of eligible children are missing out on free school meals because of the stigma associated with claiming them, Welsh Assembly members said today.
The government is considering a trial suspension of some statutory child protection procedures at five councils, following an official report criticising the amount of bureaucracy facing social...
Hundreds of Sure Start children's centres are at risk of closing within the year, while thousands will have to cut back on staff and services, children's campaigners are warning
The strategy for tackling child poverty should be overhauled, with more funding targeted during the first five years of life, according to a major review published today
Councils in London have published figures today showing that current proposals for the pupil premium for deprived children could make school funding less fair
Should the public sector start drowning its sorrows as the cuts kick in? Doom merchants certainly seem to think so. But perhaps in reality the glass is half full and not half empty. Tony Travers...
Ministers have stated their intention to implement 'community budgets' across England by 2013/14, and set out in more detail how the initial schemes, beginning next year, will work
The decision by three West London boroughs to merge services does not amount to a 'super council' as has been reported, the local authorities have said
Auditors have called for a 'fundamental review' of special schools funding in Wales after an investigation revealed inconsistencies and weaknesses in funding arrangements
Councils in London are lobbying for extra funding amid fears that government cuts will make it increasingly difficult to provide school places for the capital’s booming infant population