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Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| Nursery World

A Labour Government would increase provider funding to £7.35 an hour for free hours, introduce a national pay scale, and move towards a graduate-led workforce.

Autumn Budget 2018 branded 'a kick in the teeth for early years sector'

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The childcare and education sector has criticised the Chancellor for ignoring the funding crisis facing early years settings and schools in his Autumn Budget.

New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

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Local authorities will be able to access Government funding to improve facilities and create more school places for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities.

New childcare website to champion affordable childcare

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Childcare Champions, a campaign website, has launched three weeks before the Budget when a major Government announcement is expected on childcare funding.

Millions of children missing out on support

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

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Half of the £8.6bn children’s services budget in England is currently being spent on just 73,000 children, meaning millions go without support, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.

Tax-free childcare - 'A long wait and doesn't help the poorest'

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

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Children's charities are concerned that families will have to wait for more than two years before the new tax-free childcare system is brought in and that not enough is being done to support families on the lowest incomes.

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Intervention Foundation will be officially launched today by David Cameron.

Minister admits the £26m ‘funding boost’ for breakfast clubs is not new money

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

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The children and families minister has admitted that the £26 million for school breakfast clubs, promised last month, is funding previously pledged by the Government and not new money.

Children's health suffering from Government cuts

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

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Child health in England is being harmed by public sector cuts, a new report has warned.

Minister sets out more details on funding rates for childcare reforms

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

| Nursery World

Children's minister Claire Couthino says that national average hourly funding rate for two-year-olds will rise to £8 this September and to £5.50 for three-to-four-year-olds. When the offer of 15 hours for children aged nine months and above is launched in September 2024, hourly funding is expected to be around £11 – with promises of ‘more to come’.

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Childminders in more than 100 local authority areas are being restricted or having funding for entitlement offers withheld after their agency's Ofsted inspection. By Katy Morton

Seven in ten nurseries would not change staff: child ratios for two-year-olds, Government consultation finds

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

Most respondents to the Department for Education's consultation on changes to staff: child ratios for two-year-olds are against the plans, which the Government says will start in September.

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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Findings from a survey of providers, reveal that 89 per cent are likely to increase fees this year, while more than a third believe they will have to close their setting within the next year due to rising costs.

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

The sector has broadly welcomed the Budget announcement to boost the number of childminders by introducing start-up grants, however expressed disappointment over a lack of support for those currently in the profession.

Universal childcare up to 11 would save parents thousands and add billions to economy – report

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

| Nursery World

A universal childcare guarantee for children up until the end of primary school, would create an extra £13 billion for the economy and boost parents’ wages, according to a new report by the IPPR and Save the Children.

More than one in 10 settings will be forced to shut without more help to pay energy bills

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Friday, December 2, 2022

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More than one in 10 nurseries and pre-schools would be forced to close permanently if there is no further support once the Energy Bill Relief scheme ends in March 2023, suggest new findings.

Early years action group to stage protest in March

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Monday, January 16, 2023

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A protest has been organised for the early years sector in London in two months' time.

EXCLUSIVE In Focus: 30 hours: the hidden cost

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Monday, November 12, 2018

| Nursery World

What price are the most vulnerable children paying for the Government’s flagship childcare policy? Our FOI investigation reveals that nearly a fifth of councils have cut nursery places in the past year or are currently doing so.

Liberal Democrats party conference: Childcare and education priorities

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

| Nursery World

The Liberal Democrats have outlined their plans to provide families with ‘flexible, affordable and fair’ childcare, boost SEND support and give every child the best possible start in life.

Pilot childcare scheme to run in schools this summer

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Friday, April 19, 2024

| Nursery World

Private, voluntary and independent nurseries will take part in a pilot of childcare in schools starting this summer.

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Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

Autumn Budget 2018 branded 'a kick in the teeth for early years sector'

New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND

New childcare website to champion affordable childcare

Millions of children missing out on support

Tax-free childcare - 'A long wait and doesn't help the poorest'

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

Minister admits the £26m ‘funding boost’ for breakfast clubs is not new money

Children's health suffering from Government cuts

Minister sets out more details on funding rates for childcare reforms

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

Seven in ten nurseries would not change staff: child ratios for two-year-olds, Government consultation finds

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

Universal childcare up to 11 would save parents thousands and add billions to economy – report

More than one in 10 settings will be forced to shut without more help to pay energy bills

Early years action group to stage protest in March

EXCLUSIVE In Focus: 30 hours: the hidden cost

Liberal Democrats party conference: Childcare and education priorities

Pilot childcare scheme to run in schools this summer

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