A Freedom of Information investigation by Children and Young People Now magazine in 2013 found that 31 per cent of local authorities closed
public playgrounds between 2010 and 2013 and cut spending on play by 38.8 per cent during the same period (# 67.9 million in 2010/11 — # 41.5 million in 2013/14).
Not exact matches
Now we don't only have a child - like battle
between two longstanding politicians that frankly belongs in the
playground with one refusing to hand back the metaphorical football unless the other apologises — but the questionable standing of Lib Dem party rules once again takes centre stage in the
public eye, and it's not going to go away any time soon if this really does end up in the Courts.
«It is the
public realm... that needs to change for American children to have unstructured afternoons and weekends, for them to bike and walk
between school and the
playground, to see packs of kids get together without endless chains of parental texts.»