ADASS responds to NAO report on local authorities
Responding to the National Audit Office’s report into the financial sustainability of local authorities, Margaret Willcox, President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), said...
Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:01
RAC fears extreme cold snap will lead to a Spring pothole plague
To mark National Pothole Day the RAC publishes an online ‘Guide to the Great British Pothole and Other Road Surface Defects’ Potholes...
Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:01
Andrew Gwynne response to NAO report on financial sustainability of local authorities
Andrew Gwynne MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, commenting on the NAO report on financial stability of local councils, said...
Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:01
Drivers call for investment in segregated cycle routes to ensure the safety of cyclists on single-carriageway A roads
The UK’s single-carriageway A roads are not fit for cyclists and building segregated cycle routes should be the Government’s priority for roads investment, a new survey of over 1,000 drivers for Brake and Direct Line has found...
Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:01
Lancashire Constabulary needs to provide better protection to children at risk of harm – but shows encouraging commitment to improvement
Lancashire Constabulary demonstrates a clear commitment to providing a good service for vulnerable children in need of protection...
Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:01
Give women teachers a better deal, demands the National Education Union
The National Education Union is marking International Women’s Day and the TUC's Women's Pay Day by challenging the Government to take action to make teaching a genuinely equal profession for women teachers...
Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:01
Underfunding of schools resulting in increased class sizes for secondary schools in England, say teaching unions
New research by the School Cuts coalition of unions (NEU, NAHT, ASCL, UNISON, GMB and Unite) shows that class sizes are rising in the majority of secondary schools in England as a result of the Government’s underfunding of education...
Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:01
Home Affairs Committee to conduct inquiry into Domestic Violence and Abuse
In advance of the Government’s promised draft Bill on domestic violence and abuse, the Committee is seeking evidence on what measures and reforms are needed to address one of the most damaging and prevalent crimes...
Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:01
LGA responds to pothole reports
Responding to separate reports out on the condition of local roads from the AA, RAC and Cycling UK, Cllr Martin Tett, the Local Government Association’s Transport spokesman, said...
Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:01
Number of children in workless households down over half a million since 2010
Since 2010, the number of workless households has fallen by 881,000. Around 9 in 10 children live in a household where at least one working age adult is in work...
Wednesday, 7 March 2018 19:27