Council SEND transport spending to soar to £2bn
By Lee Peart 02 July 2025
Council spending on home to school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is predicted to reach nearly £2bn this year.
Soaring costs add to pressure for social care reform
By Lee Peart 02 July 2025
A new poll highlighting pensioners’ fears over social care costs has added to pressure for faster reform.
10-Year Health Plan to offer enhanced role for local government
By Lee Peart 02 July 2025
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has said the 10-Year Health Plan this week will offer local government an enhanced role in health.
Work with us to deliver 10-Year Health Plan, say councils
By Lee Peart 01 July 2025
Cllr Louise Gittins, chair of the Local Government Association (LGA), will today call on the Government to set up a new national-local coalition to help deliver neighbourhood health models that put...
Gambling harms initiative scoops healthcare inequalities award
By Lee Peart 24 June 2025
A programme to tackle the harms caused by gambling has scooped a prestigious award for reducing healthcare inequalities.
What the Spending Review means for local government
23 June 2025
It’s a tough road ahead with glimmers of hope, writes Andria Mastroianni, policy officer in the Healthy Lives team at The Health Foundation
Report calls for cross-sector action on ADHD
By Lee Peart 23 June 2025
An NHSE commissioned report has called for cross-sector support for ADHD to reduce school exclusions, ease pressure on mental health and wider health services, and help more people thrive at home, ...
'We're failing test on childhood obesity,' report warns
By Lee Peart 23 June 2025
A new report has warned the UK is ‘failing the test on childhood obesity’.
Reform Mayor 'deeply concerned' about ICB merger plans
By Lee Peart 23 June 2025
Reform UK Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire Dame Andrea Jenkyns is ‘deeply concerned’ about plans to merge with Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
SEND deficit override extended
By Dan Peters 23 June 2025
The Dedicated Schools Grant statutory override will be extended for another two years until the end of 2027-28, the Government has said.
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