CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUNDING ANALYSIS
Responding to new analysis by leading children’s charities which reveals funding available for children’s services has fallen by a third per child in England since…
Local Government Association (LGA)
SPEND ON ASYLUM-SEEKING CHILDREN DOUBLES IN FOUR YEARS
The amount of money spent by councils on providing vital care and support for unaccompanied children seeking asylum has almost doubled in four years, latest…
CIVIC UNIVERSITY COMMISSION REPORT #TrulyCivic
Responding to the report by the Civic University Commission, which sets out the place of universities in civic life, Cllr Mark Hawthorne, Chairman of the…
LGA RESPONDS TO CHILDREN’S COMMISSIONER REPORT ON CHILDREN EDUCATED AT HOME
Responding to the Children’s Commissioner report on children educated at home, Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board,…
LGA RESPONDS TO EDUCATION SECRETARY’S COMMENTS ON ACADEMIES
Responding to calls from the Education Secretary Damian Hinds for more schools to become an academy, Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, Chair of the Local Government Association’s…
PAC REPORT ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Responding to a Public Accounts Committee report on mental health services for children and young people, Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, Chair of the Local Government Association’s…
LGA RESPONDS TO EPI REPORT ON SCHOOL FINANCES
Responding to an Education Policy Institute report on the state of school finances in local authority and academy schools in England, Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, Chair…
LGA RESPONDS TO SUTTON TRUST RESEARCH ON ACADEMY CHAINS
Responding to research by the Sutton Trust which reveals two-thirds of academy chains perform below average for disadvantaged pupils, Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, Chair of the…