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Swindon council confirms details of 30-hour pilot

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

| Nursery World

Hospital workers in Swindon will be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare from September as part of the early implementer pilot scheme.

MPs to scrutinise effectiveness of childcare policy on parental employment

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Friday, January 5, 2018

| Nursery World

An inquiry into childcare policy and its influence on the economy has been launched by the Treasury Committee.

Home-Start set for major development with Lottery funding boost

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Monday, August 21, 2017

| Nursery World

The Home-Start network has received funding of almost £900,000 from the National Lottery to expand its services.

Scotland consults on childcare funding reforms

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

| Nursery World

Sector leaders have welcomed Scottish childcare reforms, with plans to double free provision by 2020 and make funding ‘follow the child’.

Wales builds upon its childcare offer

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Friday, November 11, 2016

| Nursery World

The Welsh Government has announced further developments to its 30-hours free childcare pledge, as well as a funded package of courses to upskill its early years workforce.

Nursery group creates app for parents

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Friday, May 5, 2017

| Nursery World

A Scottish nursery group has launched an app for parents after securing a six-figure sum from Clydesdale Bank.

Lottery funding awarded to support working families in poverty

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Friday, August 10, 2018

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The charity Home-Start has been granted £500,000 to help families affected by in-work poverty in Wales.

Survey highlights 'emerging crisis' in childhood

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

| Nursery World

Action for Children is calling on the Government to establish a National Childhood Strategy as findings from its survey suggest an ‘emerging crisis in modern childhoods'.

Government extends tax-free childcare to more families

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Monday, March 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Families with children under five will be able to claim up to 1,200 per child a year in tax-free childcare through a scheme announced by the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister today.

Hillingdon Council withdraws decision to close its nurseries

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

| Nursery World

Following a legal challenge by parents, Hillingdon Council has committed to consulting with residents about the future of its three remaining nurseries, which were due to shut next month.

DfE launches consultation on proposed funding formula for 30 hours expansion

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Friday, July 21, 2023

| Nursery World

The DfE has launched its consultation on its new proposed ‘fair funding formula’ for the delivery of the extension of the funded hours for children from nine months old, starting from April.

Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

| Nursery World

Bridget Phillipson, shadow education secretary, said that a Labour Government would ‘fix’ the country’s ‘broken childcare system’, in a speech to delegates at Nursery World’s 9th Business Summit.

Campaigners call for 30-hour childcare to be made universal to close disadvantage gap

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Monday, March 9, 2020

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A campaign group of parents believe that the 30 hours discriminates against the most disadvantaged children, as they are ineligible for the policy.

Nurseries to be exempt from business rates, as Government brings in powers to close or keep them open

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Thursday, March 19, 2020

| Nursery World

All private, voluntary and independent nurseries will be exempt from business rates for one year from 1 April.

Coronavirus: Families ‘teetering on the brink’ a month into lockdown

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Thursday, April 23, 2020

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Frontline staff are being overwhelmed by the needs of millions of frightened, vulnerable families, who a month into the lockdown are facing life on the breadline, warns children’s charity Action for Children.

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

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Monday, June 8, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 70 children’s and mental health charities and organisations have written to the prime minister calling for the Government to invest in the well-being of babies and toddlers in Covid-19 recovery plans.

Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

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Friday, June 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have slammed their omission from sharing any of the £1bn funding package that schools will receive as part of a catch-up plan for children who have fallen behind from missing education in lockdown.

30-hour offer reopens in Wales this month

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

| Nursery World

Wales’ Childcare offer of 30 hours a week, which was suspended to new parents in April, will reopen for applications from mid-August.

Government performs u-turn over free school meals in holidays

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Monday, November 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged schoolchildren will receive free meals during the Christmas holidays, and under-fours will benefit from a top-up in vouchers for healthy food from April, the Government has announced.

Coronavirus: Toddlers from poorest families 'missing out' on outdoor space and books in lockdown

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

| Nursery World

Babies and toddlers from disadvantaged families spent less time outdoors and reading and playing with their parents during lockdown than their better-off peers, according to new research.

Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years

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Friday, March 5, 2021

| Nursery World

Labour plans to hold ‘a big conversation’ with those in the early years to hear from providers about what needs to change to transform the sector, including ensuring providers receive the 'proper funding' they 'deserve'.

Tax-free childcare 'will not cut childcare costs'

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Families will continue to spend more than a quarter of their household income on childcare, even after Tax-Free Childcare is introduced, a think-tank has warned.

4Children launches manifesto for families

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

| Nursery World

Children’s charity 4Children is calling for a complete rethink on how the UK supports children and families.

Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon pledges free childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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Friday, September 10, 2021

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has confirmed it will make funded childcare for one- and two-year-olds universal within this parliament.

National tutoring catch-up scheme failing disadvantaged pupils, say MPs

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Friday, March 11, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government’s multi-million pound catch-up programme risks failing pupils who need it the most, leaving them facing an ‘epidemic of educational inequality’, a report from the education select committee says .

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Swindon council confirms details of 30-hour pilot

MPs to scrutinise effectiveness of childcare policy on parental employment

Home-Start set for major development with Lottery funding boost

Scotland consults on childcare funding reforms

Wales builds upon its childcare offer

Nursery group creates app for parents

Lottery funding awarded to support working families in poverty

Survey highlights 'emerging crisis' in childhood

Government extends tax-free childcare to more families

Hillingdon Council withdraws decision to close its nurseries

DfE launches consultation on proposed funding formula for 30 hours expansion

Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

Campaigners call for 30-hour childcare to be made universal to close disadvantage gap

Nurseries to be exempt from business rates, as Government brings in powers to close or keep them open

Coronavirus: Families ‘teetering on the brink’ a month into lockdown

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

30-hour offer reopens in Wales this month

Government performs u-turn over free school meals in holidays

Coronavirus: Toddlers from poorest families 'missing out' on outdoor space and books in lockdown

Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years

Tax-free childcare 'will not cut childcare costs'

4Children launches manifesto for families

Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon pledges free childcare for one- and two-year-olds

National tutoring catch-up scheme failing disadvantaged pupils, say MPs

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