budgets
Youth service cuts affecting thousands of youngsters ‘devastating’
Kent County Council chiefs have decided to discontinue youth service contracts in a bid to balance the budget.
County councils ‘running out of road’ to stop insolvency due to £4bn funding gap
Children’s social care accounted for around half of the expected overspend by England’s largest local authorities.
Business pragmatism can withstand the challenges of 2023
WE ended 2022 much like the previous two years, with a bleak economic outlook and hopes that the busy Christmas period will be enough to see businesses through even the beginning of 2023.
How Irish marketers can do more with less
WITH marketing budgets reduced, staff on furlough or facing redundancy, marketers across both Ireland, in small to large organisations alike, are facing more challenges than ever when it comes to making resources stretch.
School system is `unaffordable' warns education boss
A senior education official has warned a cross-party Stormont committee that the schools system is "unaffordable".
Importance of funding for education highlighted with parties
THE body representing state-controlled schools is meeting politicians to discuss a funding crisis in education.
Schools unable to make any more savings, says Education Authority head
SCHOOLS that together overspent their budgets by more than £62 million this year can make no more savings, it has been warned.
Calls for urgent investment in education
SCHOOLS are urging greater investment in education to help tackle a funding "crisis".
Rising special needs pupil numbers straining school budgets, report finds
INCREASING numbers of children with special needs is piling pressure on school budgets, a new report has found.
School money woes may 'go unanswered' in Stormont's absence, Westminster group chair warns
THE chairman of a Westminster committee has bemoaned the lack of a Stormont executive – warning that schools' money worries could be ignored.