Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is launching the first ever Wales Outdoor Learning Week with the Wales Council for Outdoor Learning. The campaign, which runs from 1 – 7 April, encourages teachers, learning groups and families across Wales to make outdoor learning part of everyday life. It aims to celebrate and promote the multiple benefits of a classroom without walls while sharing practical outdoor activities to try at home…
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has issued a good practice guide to help adult social care providers improve their services. Common issues the Ombudsman said it sees in its complaints include a lack of clear information about fees, charges and contracts, problems with billing and invoices, ensuring people’s belongings are looked after properly,…
There is a need for a step change in transparency by local public bodies and particularly those in the NHS, MPs have said. In a report, Auditing local government, the Public Accounts Committee noted that in 2017-18, auditors found that more than 1 in 5 local public bodies did not have proper arrangements in place to secure…
Consultation description Decapitalisation rates are used in the calculation of the rateable value of certain properties. These properties would include schools, hospitals, and oil refineries. We are consulting on: whether the decapitalisation rate should be prescribed in legislation which rates should be prescribed how the rate or rates should be calculated Consultation documents Consultation…
We know that the House of Lords is a mess. Bloated, unaccountable and packed full of unelected aristocrats out of touch with the needs of modern Britain. But calls for an overhaul are growing. Today a bill that would mark a small step forward returns to the House of Lords: one which would end the absurd system…
