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

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.

Local authorities urged to tackle child poverty in the early years

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Monday, July 20, 2015

| Nursery World

England's children’s commissioner is calling for a focus on early intervention and investment to cut poverty for pre-school children.

Danger of childcare workforce shortage without wage increase

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Friday, July 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Low pay in the childcare sector could lead to a shortage in staff, warns a new report.

Labour calls for funding gap to be solved before 30 hours roll-out

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Friday, September 25, 2015

| Nursery World

A Labour peer has tabled an amendment to the Childcare Bill calling for ongoing issues of underfunding to be addressed before the free childcare offer is doubled.

Voluntary sector shares grants of £25m

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Mental health charities that work with children have been singled out as beneficiaries of voluntary sector funding for the first time.

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council has made a dramatic climbdown over its decision to ban nursery workers with related children in their nursery from claiming free hours funding.

Savings from Tax-Free Childcare delay should be used to expand provision

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Friday, October 2, 2015

| Nursery World

The Family and Childcare Trust is calling on the Government to invest the £535 million savings from delayed Tax-Free Childcare as capital funding, so that local authorities and providers can offer more flexible places.

Link child benefit to take-up of free hours, says think-tank

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Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

A new think tank report calls for parents to be denied child benefit if they fail to take advantage of the free hours and enrol their children in early years settings.

Liberal Democrats pledge to triple pupil premium in early years

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

| Nursery World

The Liberal Democrats would raise the pupil premium for nursery-age children to £1,000 a year, under plans released as part of the party’s election manifesto.

PACEY launches annual sector-wide survey

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

| Nursery World

The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) wants to hear from early years and childcare professionals in England and Wales for its annual sector-wide survey.

Children's minister insists no need for 30 hours protection for nurseries

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

| Nursery World

Children and families minister Nadhim Zahawi has said that ‘no nursery needs protecting’ from closure as a result of the 30 hours.

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has launched a £2m pilot to look at ways to support disadvantaged children during the school holidays by providing meals and activities.

Better-off families gain £300 a month more than poor families from Government childcare policies

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Monday, April 23, 2018

| Nursery World

Families on low-incomes and lone- parent families benefit less than better-off families from the 30-hours and Tax-Free Childcare, according to a new analysis.

Protest over £30m on offer for school nursery places

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

| Nursery World

The call for bids for a £30m Government fund to enable schools to open more nursery places targeted at disadvantaged children has been met by angry reactions from the private and voluntary sector, as well as maintained nursery schools.

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has closed 23 nurseries since January, as a direct result of the longstanding Government under-funding of 15- and 30-hour childcare entitlements, Nursery World can reveal.

Additional school funding not enough to ‘repair the damage’, warn unions

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Four in five schools will be worse off next year than they were in 2015, reveals new research.

MPs call for 'radical' change' in failing SEND system

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

| Nursery World

MPs have published a damning report into the special educational needs system, accusing the Government of failing a generation of children and young people.

Campaign calling on political parties to increase childcare funding launches

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance has launched a campaign calling on the political parties to pledge to increase childcare funding ahead of the general election next month (12 December).

Government funds £8m Covid-19 adoption support scheme to help families

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Adoptive families will be offered online counselling and couples therapy in an £8m scheme from the Government to support them during the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders face huge financial losses, analysis finds

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents returning to work in the wake of the lockdown may struggle to find childcare places, as a new report reveals the impact of the pandemic on nurseries, pre-schools and childminders.

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

Local authorities urged to tackle child poverty in the early years

Danger of childcare workforce shortage without wage increase

Labour calls for funding gap to be solved before 30 hours roll-out

Voluntary sector shares grants of £25m

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

Savings from Tax-Free Childcare delay should be used to expand provision

Link child benefit to take-up of free hours, says think-tank

Liberal Democrats pledge to triple pupil premium in early years

PACEY launches annual sector-wide survey

Children's minister insists no need for 30 hours protection for nurseries

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

Better-off families gain £300 a month more than poor families from Government childcare policies

Protest over £30m on offer for school nursery places

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

Additional school funding not enough to ‘repair the damage’, warn unions

MPs call for 'radical' change' in failing SEND system

Campaign calling on political parties to increase childcare funding launches

Government funds £8m Covid-19 adoption support scheme to help families

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders face huge financial losses, analysis finds

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