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27 Feb 14
The government has reiterated its commitment to end child poverty in the UK by 2020 through tackling what it called the underlying causes deprivation.
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17 Feb 14
Free or more affordable childcare would boost the number of mothers in the workforce and help reduce the gender pay gap, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research
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12 Feb 14
Childcare is edging its way up the political agenda, with all parties making offers on improved support. But they miss the point about the quality of care, pay in the sector and universal need
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28 Jan 14
Increasing demands are being made of the fledgling Education Funding Agency, but there are questions over its capacity to absorb new responsibilities and how its performance will be monitored,...
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23 Dec 13
A government top-slice of council funding for early intervention projects could lead to cuts in services intended to protect vulnerable children, authorities have warned today
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18 Dec 13
Local authorities in England are to share in an additional £2.35bn in capital funding over three years to help them create the extra school places that will be needed by 2017, Education Secretary...
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16 Dec 13
Ministers should consider setting out multi-year funding plans for children’s centres as part of a long-term plan for early years education, according to the Commons education committee.
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3 Dec 13
Councils could face bankruptcy if Chancellor George Osborne announces more cuts to local authority funding in Thursday’s Autumn Statement, trade union Unison has warned
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2 Dec 13
Two government departments did not work effectively together when introducing overlapping programmes to support troubled families, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office.
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20 Nov 13
An influential think-tank has called for out-of-work benefits to be withdrawn from all but a small minority of young people.
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17 Oct 13
The social mobility watchdog has urged the government to adopt a target to end long-term youth unemployment.
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15 Oct 13
Many councils are struggling to improve their child protection services and need better leadership to bring about sustained improvement in performance, Ofsted has warned today.
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8 Oct 13
Peers are being urged to block government plans to remove councils from the process of recruiting and assessing would-be adoptive parents.
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18 Sep 13
Schools minister David Laws has revealed that the government is considering making long-term capital allocations to councils to provide new school places, in a bid to tackle what he called the ‘...
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17 Sep 13
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told delegates at the Liberal Democrat conference today that the country’s economy is ‘growing stronger by the day’.
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10 Sep 13
The government’s troubled families scheme has successfully turned round the lives of 14,000 households in England in its first 15 months, ministers claimed today
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3 Sep 13
Steve Freer, CIPFA’s chief executive for the past 13 years, weighs up the significance for the public sector, the accountancy profession and the institute of this extraordinarily turbulent period
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2 Sep 13
The government is to double the number of free childcare places available for two-year-olds to help more children get ‘a brighter start in life’, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.
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29 Aug 13
Rob Whiteman likes to pump up the volume, whether it’s belting out operatic arias or singing the praises of accountants. CIPFA’s new chief executive tells PF he intends to be a vocal presence in the...
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29 Aug 13
As the new term starts, Michael Gove’s education revolution continues apace. But where’s the evidence that academies and free schools will benefit the majority of pupils?
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8 Aug 13
More than 12,000 additional graduates are needed for work in nurseries and childcare, a think tank has said.
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6 Aug 13
Working families with a child under 12 could save up to £1,200 per year under the tax-free childcare scheme, Chancellor George Osborne has said.
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1 Aug 13
Around 340 carers will have their allowances backdated after an investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman discovered Liverpool City Council had been underpaying them for years.
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24 Jun 13
The government’s Troubled Families Programme is to be expanded to provide targeted help to an extra 400,000 households at risk of suffering from a number of social problems, the Treasury has...
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14 Jun 13
The number of children living in relative poverty has fallen by around a quarter since the financial crisis in 2007/08, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
27 Feb 14The government has reiterated its commitment to end child poverty in the UK by 2020 through tackling what it called the underlying causes deprivation.
12 Feb 14Childcare is edging its way up the political agenda, with all parties making offers on improved support. But they miss the point about the quality of care, pay in the sector and universal need
28 Jan 14Increasing demands are being made of the fledgling Education Funding Agency, but there are questions over its capacity to absorb new responsibilities and how its performance will be monitored,...
23 Dec 13A government top-slice of council funding for early intervention projects could lead to cuts in services intended to protect vulnerable children, authorities have warned today
18 Dec 13Local authorities in England are to share in an additional £2.35bn in capital funding over three years to help them create the extra school places that will be needed by 2017, Education Secretary...
3 Dec 13Councils could face bankruptcy if Chancellor George Osborne announces more cuts to local authority funding in Thursday’s Autumn Statement, trade union Unison has warned
17 Oct 13The social mobility watchdog has urged the government to adopt a target to end long-term youth unemployment.
3 Sep 13Steve Freer, CIPFA’s chief executive for the past 13 years, weighs up the significance for the public sector, the accountancy profession and the institute of this extraordinarily turbulent period
29 Aug 13Rob Whiteman likes to pump up the volume, whether it’s belting out operatic arias or singing the praises of accountants. CIPFA’s new chief executive tells PF he intends to be a vocal presence in the...
29 Aug 13As the new term starts, Michael Gove’s education revolution continues apace. But where’s the evidence that academies and free schools will benefit the majority of pupils?
24 Jun 13The government’s Troubled Families Programme is to be expanded to provide targeted help to an extra 400,000 households at risk of suffering from a number of social problems, the Treasury has...
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