Childminders Recruitment and Retention Consultation

The Department for Education has launched a consultation on how to increase the recruitment and retention of childminders. Consultation with childminders has identified restrictions on how they can use their homes as one of the barriers they face, accordingly, the...

Housing Ombudsman consults on 19% Fee increase

On 12 March the Housing Ombudsman consulted on its business plan for 2024/25.  2023/24 has been another record year for complaints, with a 91% increase in the number of cases in the first 9 months, compared with the same period in 2022/23. Over the same period,...

Do you want to join the ARCH Executive Board?

Elections for the Board will take place at the AGM which takes place at the end of day one of the Chief Officers’ conference on Thursday 21 March 2024. There is one officer and one member place for each authority elected to the Board. Please put nominations in...