Dementia support requires greater funding from health and care levy says report from MPs
A Report into dementia care has criticised Government plans for the health and care levy for providing insufficient funding for social care over the next three years, and for failing to spell out how the sector will benefit from the levy after that...
Friday, 29 October 2021 00:01
Better broadband coming to half a million more rural homes in UK gigabit-speed revolution
More than half a million more rural homes and businesses will be given access to better broadband as part of plans to level up the country with improved internet connectivity, Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries has announced...
Friday, 29 October 2021 00:01
National Audit Office report on Investigation into supply chain finance in the NHS
Two schemes offered by Greensill Capital - an early payment scheme to community pharmacies and salary advances to employees of NHS Trusts...
Friday, 29 October 2021 00:01
LGA responds to Health and Social Care Committee report into supporting those with dementia and their carers
Responding to the Health and Social Care Committee report highlighting a need for greater funding for dementia support from the health and social care levy...
Friday, 29 October 2021 00:01
Net Zero - Government will struggle to achieve 2050 target unless they engage with local councils on climate action, say MPs
The UK will struggle to reach the net zero target by 2050 unless Government steps up efforts to work together with local councils on climate action in areas such as housing and planning, low-carbon heating and energy efficiency...
Friday, 29 October 2021 00:01
LGA responds to Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee report into local government and net zero
Responding to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee report into local government and the path to net zero, Cllr Darren Rodwell, environment spokesperson for the Local Government Association, said...
Friday, 29 October 2021 00:01
E-Cigarettes could be prescribed on the NHS in world first
E-cigarettes could be prescribed on the NHS in England to help people stop smoking tobacco products, as Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid welcomed the latest step forward in the licensing process for manufacturers...
Friday, 29 October 2021 00:01
CPRE response to Housing, Communities & Local Government report on Net Zero
Responding to the Housing, Communities and Local Government report, Paul Miner, head of land use and planning at CPRE, the countryside charity, said...
Friday, 29 October 2021 00:01
Labour analysis reveals cash-strapped schools face energy costs soaring by up to £80 million
Labour has today [Friday] revealed the true cost of the energy crisis in education, as schools face their energy costs soaring by up to a whopping £80 million...
Thursday, 28 October 2021 22:30
NAHT: School leaders worried soaring energy costs could 'cripple budgets' this winter
Commenting as new analysis by the Labour Party reveals that schools are facing potential increased energy bills of £80 million this winter, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said...
Thursday, 28 October 2021 22:30