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Scotland to launch programme to support families at risk of poverty this summer

Friday, July 1, 2022

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Low-income families in Scotland are to benefit from free childcare, activities, and healthy food as part of a £10 million summer programme to help with the cost of living.

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

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Friday, August 12, 2022

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A new report looking at ways to reform childcare recommends staff: child ratios be relaxed further than the proposed 1:5 in 'good' and 'outstanding' nurseries and suggests childminder agencies take on a larger role within the sector.

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

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The high cost of childcare means that thousands of mothers are effectively paying to return to work after having children, according to the IPPR, which is calling for universal pre-school to start at the end of parental leave.

Council cut brings end to charity-run children's centres

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Friday, August 9, 2013

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Barnardo's and Action for Children have lost their contracts to run seven children's centres in Leicester in a council bid to save 1.7m a year.

Childcare loan scheme could help businesses keep staff

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

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The British Chambers of Commerce is calling for a childcare loan scheme for parents to help businesses retain staff who start a family.

Thousands sign up to campaign to raise childcare voucher limit

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

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An e-petition set up to urge the Government to raise the weekly allowance for childcare vouchers for working parents has attracted more than 17,500 signatures since March 2012.

Online childcare payment system proposed

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Friday, March 1, 2013

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Denise Burke, director of social enterprise United for All Ages, called on the Government yesterday to introduce an online account for all parents to pay for registered childcare.

30-hour childcare to be extended to foster carers next year

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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

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Foster carers will be able to access 30 hours funded childcare for the children in their care, the Government has confirmed.

Tax-Free Childcare goes live

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Monday, April 24, 2017

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From today, working parents of children under four can start using Tax-Free Childcare, as well as sign up ahead of the 30-hour September roll-out.

Make free childcare universal, says UK business organisation

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

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The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which represents 92,000 businesses, wants a universal childcare entitlement up until school entry to help firms retain staff and working parents to progress.

Positive couple relationships 'crucial' for children

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

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Parental conflict is damaging to children’s future life-chances and relationships and investment is needed, researchers have warned.

Government lobbied to keep vouchers to save on childcare costs

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Monday, February 20, 2017

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Parents should continue to have the option of using childcare vouchers, say campaigners, who are calling on the Government to scrap plans to stop new users from being able to register for them.

Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

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Government plans to increase childcare will mean that a low-income parent stands to take home just £4 an hour after childcare costs and changes to universal credit are taken into account, according to research by two major charities.

Baby and toddler groups warn of mass closures due to cost-of-living crisis

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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One in five 'stay and play' groups are concerned they will have to permanently close their provision within the next year, reveals new research.

Parents warned they could struggle to find a funded place under new Govt offer

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Monday, July 31, 2023

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Early years providers are unsure whether they will offer the funded places for one and two-year-olds, while many that plan to will limit the number that are available, reveal new survey findings.

Cost-of-living crisis: initiatives launched to provide children with free food

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Friday, July 14, 2023

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To support families with the cost-of-living crisis, Warburtons has teamed up with Morrisons to offer free crumpets to adults and children, while the Mayor of London has confirmed all primary pupils in London will receive free school meals.

Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

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Analysis of childcare costs by Labour shows that the average cost of a part-time childcare place has risen by 80 per cent since 2010 when the party was last in office.

Parents unlikely to benefit much financially under expanded offer

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

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For a third of parents, the expanded ‘childcare’ offer will save them less than £100 a month due to charges for extras and increased fees outside of the funding, new research suggests.

SEND: Families can apply for share of £10m in coronavirus crisis home-learning fund

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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Low-income families with children with special educational needs and disabilities can apply for emergency funding to help them buy equipment and resources to help them with home learning during the lockdown.

Coronavirus: After-school clubs on the brink of collapse

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Thursday, June 4, 2020

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Out-of-school clubs are facing closure and may never reopen, following new rules, confusing guidance and lack of support from Government.

Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children feel abandoned

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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Parents of disabled children have been left without vital care and support during lockdown, a survey by the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) has found.

Most parents plan to work longer hours with 30-hour childcare

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

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A new survey suggests that a large majority of parents intend to take up the full 30-hour childcare offer.

Parents call for an app for childcare

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Friday, February 6, 2015

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Parents find it hard to find the right information about childcare in their area, according to research published today.

Parents offered compensation over troubled Tax-Free Childcare

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Friday, August 11, 2017

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Thousands of parents who have missed out on Tax-Free Childcare due to technical problems with the Childcare Service website may be able to claim compensation from the Government.

Funding for projects to improve children's life chances

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

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A consortium of education and children’s charities has received a share of DfE funding to improve the life chances of disadvantaged children.

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Scotland to launch programme to support families at risk of poverty this summer

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

Council cut brings end to charity-run children's centres

Childcare loan scheme could help businesses keep staff

Thousands sign up to campaign to raise childcare voucher limit

Online childcare payment system proposed

30-hour childcare to be extended to foster carers next year

Tax-Free Childcare goes live

Make free childcare universal, says UK business organisation

Positive couple relationships 'crucial' for children

Government lobbied to keep vouchers to save on childcare costs

Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report

Baby and toddler groups warn of mass closures due to cost-of-living crisis

Parents warned they could struggle to find a funded place under new Govt offer

Cost-of-living crisis: initiatives launched to provide children with free food

Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

Parents unlikely to benefit much financially under expanded offer

SEND: Families can apply for share of £10m in coronavirus crisis home-learning fund

Coronavirus: After-school clubs on the brink of collapse

Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children feel abandoned

Most parents plan to work longer hours with 30-hour childcare

Parents call for an app for childcare

Parents offered compensation over troubled Tax-Free Childcare

Funding for projects to improve children's life chances

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