cuts

March 28, 2019

New analysis shows £5.4 billion cut from school budgets in England since 2015

New analysis of the latest Government school funding figures shows a shortfall in funding of £5.4 billion over the past three years with 91 per cent of schools in England affected.
March 11, 2019

Councils warn against further cuts to youth offending teams

Youth justice grants which fund the work of youth offending teams have been halved from £145 million in 2010/11 to £71.5 million in 2018/19.
March 8, 2019

New report shows 'triple whammy' for women as local funding cut by half

Cuts to funding for local government have created a crisis, which has hit women hardest according to a new report launched by the Women’s Budget Group on 7 March 2019.
March 4, 2019

Survey finds widespread funding and workload pressures on school support staff

The National Education Union’s largest ever survey of support staff shows them struggling to cope with real-terms funding cuts and the consequent additional pressures on workload.
February 27, 2019

Funding cuts put children at greater risk of crisis, say charities

The funding available for children’s services has fallen by one third per child in England since 2010.
February 22, 2019

Government 'sneaks through' 15% cut to fire service, says FBU

The Fire Brigades Union says the cut is in the annual Local Government Finance Settlement, receiving virtually no scrutiny from Parliament.
February 7, 2019

Government in denial over state of council finances, says Public Accounts Committee

Government insists that the sector is sustainable but refuses to provide the evidence that this is actually the case.
January 11, 2019

Older people left without support in England, says Human Rights Watch

The United Kingdom government risks failing to secure older persons’ rights to health, says Human Rights Watch.
January 10, 2019

Funding for children’s care 'in country-wide crisis'

The number of looked after children continues to increase to the highest level since the 1980s, with a total of 75,420 children in the care of councils in England.
January 4, 2019

Fire incidents rising as firefighter numbers drastically cut, says Fire Brigades Union

Cuts to fire and rescue services are putting public safety at risk, says the Fire Brigades Union.