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Kids Company closes after £3m donation withdrawn

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Thursday, August 6, 2015

| Nursery World

The charity Kids Company has closed after 19 years of supporting vulnerable children and families.

Working parents face holiday childcare dilemma

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

| Nursery World

Finding holiday childcare is set to be increasingly challenging for parents this summer, as costs rise and the number of places falls, according to a new report.

Children's centres feel strain of cuts and mergers

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Monday, July 13, 2015

| Nursery World

Children's centres are under immense pressure as reduced funding and support and the amalgamation of settings has increased their responsibilities and workloads.

Working parents need flexible, fully-funded 30-hour offer

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Monday, June 8, 2015

| Nursery World

The plan to double free childcare for working parents must be properly funded or risks making life more difficult for them, Citizens Advice says.

Yvette Cooper calls for 'childcare revolution'

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Labour leader candidate Yvette Cooper wants to offer universal childcare for all pre-school children from the age of two.

General Election countdown - Who gets your vote?

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| Nursery World

With all the party manifestos now out and with the big day just over two weeks away, we want to hear from you.

Childminders speak out on related children funding ban

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Monday, April 20, 2015

| Nursery World

The ongoing issue of childminders being unable to claim early education funding has come under the spotlight again, after Lancashire County Council was forced to back down on plans to stop the free entitlement for children related to nursery staff at their setting.

Grandparents could share parental leave under a Labour government

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Friday, April 17, 2015

| Nursery World

Labour would consult on allowing parents to transfer unpaid parental leave to grandparents.

Conservatives pledge to double free childcare hours

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

| Nursery World

A Conservative Government would increase free early education for three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week and boost hourly rates paid to providers.

Conservatives 'pose a real threat' to Sure Start, warns Labour

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

| Nursery World

Over 1,000 Sure Start centres could close if the Conservatives win the general election, the Labour party has warned.

MPs set out vision for '1001 days'

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Supporting parental and child wellbeing through pregnancy to the first two years of a child’s life should be viewed as a key priority and attract as much spending as the defence budget, former children’s minister Tim Loughton has said.

Lords call for redistribution of early years funding

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| Nursery World

A cross-party group of peers is calling for fairer funding for PVI settings and for spending to be targeted at disadvantaged children who benefit the most.

Scottish parents step up campaign for more flexible funded places

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Friday, February 20, 2015

| Nursery World

Parents in Scotland have written to the first minister asking her to guarantee a funded place for all children in partnership nurseries.

Family charities call for improvement in new manifesto

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

| Nursery World

A coalition of 18 charities calling itself the Family Room is challenging the next Government to develop a new family strategy.

Cost of childcare pushing parents out of work, research claims

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

| Nursery World

One in five parents paying for childcare are considering reducing their working hours or giving up work altogether due to the financial strain, a survey commissioned by 4Children reveals.

Parents save Tower Hamlets nurseries from closure

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Campaigning parents have won a victory against Tower Hamlets Council to keep four nurseries providing specialist services for children with disabilities and learning difficulties open.

Government launches parent campaign showing the cost benefit of free childcare

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government has launched a new parent campaign to highlight the cash value of early education places.

Families award Government a C grade for family-friendly policies

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

| Nursery World

Ministers have been told they ‘could do better’ by UK parents.

How one LA is delivering funded places for twos

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Now that 40 per cent of two-year-olds are eligible for funded places, we look at how one local authority is delivering and supporting the programme.

Families face out-of-school childcare shortage

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Friday, August 29, 2014

| Nursery World

More than six in ten parents have had to change their working arrangements once their children start school, according to a new survey.

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Kids Company closes after £3m donation withdrawn

Working parents face holiday childcare dilemma

Children's centres feel strain of cuts and mergers

Working parents need flexible, fully-funded 30-hour offer

Yvette Cooper calls for 'childcare revolution'

General Election countdown - Who gets your vote?

Childminders speak out on related children funding ban

Grandparents could share parental leave under a Labour government

Conservatives pledge to double free childcare hours

Conservatives 'pose a real threat' to Sure Start, warns Labour

MPs set out vision for '1001 days'

Lords call for redistribution of early years funding

Scottish parents step up campaign for more flexible funded places

Family charities call for improvement in new manifesto

Cost of childcare pushing parents out of work, research claims

Parents save Tower Hamlets nurseries from closure

Government launches parent campaign showing the cost benefit of free childcare

Families award Government a C grade for family-friendly policies

How one LA is delivering funded places for twos

Families face out-of-school childcare shortage

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