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The Government should review 30 hour childcare to address the ‘perverse consequences’ that are leading to a growing gap between disadvantaged children and their peers, MPs have said.
Caroline Flint, who set up the first cross-party group for childcare, and was one of 101 Labour women MPs elected 20 years ago next month, reflects on the dramatic changes to early years policy since...
Jan Hutt, minister for health and social services at the National Assembly for Wales, has approved a play policy for Wales that will be published in the autumn. The policy is a broad statement of...
Name: Lauren See Job title: Centre manager of after-school and holiday provision
Children's play campaigners have urged the Government to do more at ground level to ensure play is at the heart of policies ranging from housing to schools, after an MP revealed that a national play...
More than half of NHS organisations provide nursery places for their staff and 97 per cent of all NHS staff are given access to childcare co-ordinators, says a survey of the provision of childcare...
What impact will the public spending review have on the sector? It will surely take time to work out
Emerging after eight months of consultation with parents, carers, local authorities, academics and professional organisations and following countless visits to early years settings and a thorough...
A steering group made up of high-profile early years experts has been set up by the Department for Education ahead of the launch of their policy statement in the spring.
Antonia Simon, associate professor at UCL Social Research Institute, warns that the nursery sector is at risk of following in the footsteps of adult social care with a 'spectacular collapse' due to...