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Labour plan for breakfast clubs 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system’

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

| Nursery World

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson will pledge to roll out free breakfast clubs to all primary school children, invest in the childcare workforce, and oppose the Government's plan to change staff to child ratios in early years settings.

Labour figures reveal 60,000 place gap in two-year-old provision

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Monday, June 16, 2014

| Nursery World

Labour research shows that local authorities face a shortfall of more than a quarter of places for two-year-olds when the scheme extends in September.

DfE reveals early years funding breakdown

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years providers can compare the funding they receive with their neighbours in other local authorities in an updated version of the early years online funding tool.

Local authorities warn of a shortage of 'high quality' funded places

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Friday, October 11, 2013

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Local authorities have raised concerns that many of the childminders coming forward to offer funded places for two, three and four year olds are not sufficiently well-qualified to provide high quality early years education.

Nurseries forced to pay employees the 'Living Wage' to retain funding

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years settings in Birmingham that deliver the free early education places will have to pay staff the Living Wage, under new council rules.

Labour's childcare plans could help thousands of mothers back to work

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

| Nursery World

New analysis shows that Labour's plans to extend free childcare to 25 hours a week could help 135,000 more mothers return to work.

Peers to look at the affordability of childcare

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Friday, July 4, 2014

| Nursery World

The House of Lords has set up an inquiry to examine how pre-school childcare in England is funded.

Will the Chancellor's childcare reforms work in practice?

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| Nursery World

The increase to ‘free’ entitlements is likely to be welcomed by parents, but the early years sector and Institute for Fiscal Studies question the practicalities and purpose. By Catherine Gaunt

Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

| Nursery World

A childminding agency has been rated ‘ineffective’ leaving local authorities considering withdrawing funding from hundreds of childminder members.

Early years providers will see funding fall by 8 per cent – IFS

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Friday, November 11, 2022

| Nursery World

Funding for the entitlement for two-, three- and four-year-olds is likely to fall by 8 per cent in real-terms, according to research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which reveals the impact of rising inflation on the early years sector.

Councils warn nurseries against 'top-up' fees

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years settings are being warned by councils about charging parents ‘top-up fees’ for the funded hours.

Labour considers making the funded childcare hours means-tested, not universal

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

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Labour has ruled out offering universal free childcare in favour of a means-tested offer to reduce spending commitments, reveal reports.

More disadvantaged children to receive free nursery hours thanks to LEYF and food charity partnership

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Friday, July 21, 2023

| Nursery World

A partnership between LEYF and food charity, City Harvest, which provides surplus food to the social enterprises’ settings to fund additional hours for disadvantaged children, is being expanded.

Deprived areas hit the hardest as nursery closures increase by 50 per cent

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Nursery closures in England rose by 50 per cent in 2022-23 compared with the previous year, with many settings in the most deprived parts of the country forced to shut.

Local authority timescales to inform providers of funding rates shortened

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Friday, February 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Local authorities will have to confirm funding rates to early years providers eight weeks after the DfE announces local authority rates, under new rules being brought in.

Extended entitlement: MPs warn of workforce and funding challenges for early years sector

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Thursday, May 30, 2024

| Nursery World

The Department for Education faces ‘huge challenges’ in increasing the number of places to meet Government plans to extend childcare for working parents in England, MPs have warned.

At least £70m of early years funding not spent by councils

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

| Nursery World

At least £70m of early years entitlement funding was underspent in council budgets and not spent on places during the 2022-23 financial year – a record amount, according to new analysis.

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

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Local authorities will receive early years funding for the autumn term on the basis of how many children were attending settings before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Call to increase value of Healthy Start Vouchers

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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 50 public health experts have signed a letter to the Chancellor and health secretary, calling for an increase in the value of the Healthy Start vouchers for low-income families.

Scotland’s childcare expansion programme: new data published

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

| Nursery World

Initial findings on the impact of 600 hours of funded provision for three-year-olds in Scotland show that an increase in hours ‘may help close the gap’ in outcomes.

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Labour plan for breakfast clubs 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system’

Labour figures reveal 60,000 place gap in two-year-old provision

DfE reveals early years funding breakdown

Local authorities warn of a shortage of 'high quality' funded places

Nurseries forced to pay employees the 'Living Wage' to retain funding

Labour's childcare plans could help thousands of mothers back to work

Peers to look at the affordability of childcare

Will the Chancellor's childcare reforms work in practice?

Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

Early years providers will see funding fall by 8 per cent – IFS

Councils warn nurseries against 'top-up' fees

Labour considers making the funded childcare hours means-tested, not universal

More disadvantaged children to receive free nursery hours thanks to LEYF and food charity partnership

Deprived areas hit the hardest as nursery closures increase by 50 per cent

Local authority timescales to inform providers of funding rates shortened

Extended entitlement: MPs warn of workforce and funding challenges for early years sector

At least £70m of early years funding not spent by councils

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

Call to increase value of Healthy Start Vouchers

Scotland’s childcare expansion programme: new data published

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