LGA: Government must make case for increases in national taxation to rescue adult social care
The Government must make the case for national tax rises - including to either Income Tax and/or National Insurance - to secure the long-term future of adult social care services, council leaders say today...
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 00:01
Broken rail complaints system leaves passengers high and dry, says Which? analysis
Britain’s broken rail complaints system has led to train companies failing to deal with passenger concerns effectively and is even failing to treat customers with basic courtesy, new analysis from Which? reveals...
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 00:01
New report finds ‘little evidence’ that pupil happiness leads to achievement in school
A new report from the Centre for Education Economics (CfEE), published today (Wednesday 14 November), has found the belief that pupil enjoyment leads to achievement is widely a myth...
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 00:01
Defra still faces enormous Brexit challenges says Public Accounts committee
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (the Department) faces enormous challenges in the lead-up to EU Exit and, with the deadline of 29 March 2019 looming...
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 00:01
LGA responds to report on bus lane fines
Responding to a report by Confused.com on bus lane fines issued by UK councils, Cllr Martin Tett, the Local Government Association’s Transport spokesman, said...
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 00:01
EEF - new trial will find out if 20 minutes a day of story activities can help parents boost their toddlers' language skills
A new study will find out if an early language teaching programme which is delivered by parents at home for 20 minutes each day can improve young children’s language and early literacy skills...
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 00:01
Sustainable social care settlement needed says NHS Confederation in response to LGA consultation
Responding to the Local Government Association’s (LGA) consultation on social care, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, said...
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 00:01
ICoNiChem: recycling rare materials in electric vehicles
The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund is supporting work to improve recycling in the UK electric vehicle industry so cars can be powered more sustainably...
Tuesday, 13 November 2018 16:28
New tool developed to tackle online child grooming
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has hailed a new anti-grooming tool as an important weapon in the fight against online child sexual exploitation...
Tuesday, 13 November 2018 16:09
Oral answers to questions (Commons): Justice - Nov 13
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op): What estimate he has made of the proportion of offenders on probation being supported by community rehabilitation companies...
Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:55