What do safety valve agreements mean for children with SEND?
Catriona Moore, policy manager at SEND legal advice charity IPSEA, looks at the impact of safety valve agreements on local SEND provision.
Closing council gender gap could boost output £23bn
15/06/2023 Closing the gender employment gap in UK local authorities would increase economic output by £23bn or 1% of GDP, according to campaigners. |
Councils dominated by men, study reveals
03/04/2023 Councils are still heavily dominated by men, according to research by women’s campaigners. |
Huntingdonshire District Council ranked #1 on gender equality
08/03/2023 Huntingdonshire District Council has emerged top of a list that ranks local and central government employers when it comes to gender equality. |
Systemic sexism costs economy over £88bn a year
08/03/2023 Barriers faced by women wanting to work is costing the economy in England, Scotland and Wales £88.7bn every year, according to new research. |
Council chiefs to launch campaign to recruit female councillors
12/09/2018 Local government leaders are set to launch a campaign to recruit more women as councillors. |
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Overcoming the gender gap in local government
12/09/2018 The decision by the Local Government Association to launch a campaign to recruit women councillors is a timely move. |
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Gender pay gap: what next for councils?
05/06/2018 Mark Whitehead finds out why two London councils have signed up to a new scheme to help women climb the career ladder. |
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Political parties must report ‘gender gap’, campaigners say
05/04/2018 Campaigners are calling on the Government to enact legislation to force political parties to report their 'gender gap' when it comes to election candidates. |
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The gender pay gap: local government's national perspective
05/04/2018 Why do some councils have a gender pay gap and how are they going to address it? Mark Whitehead investigates. |
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Councils praised for narrowing the gender pay gap
04/04/2018 Local government leaders have pointed to the high proportion of women in in lower-paid part-time jobs as the main reason for the differences in average rates compared to men. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
