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Margaret Hodge's appointment as minister for children continued to attract a barrage of criticism last week from the press and opposition MPs (see News, page 4). One unfortunate consequence of the...
After many years of lobbying by childcare organisations, the Government's proposals to extend tax breaks for employer-supported childcare look set to make significant advances (see News, page 4). Tax...
Next month, the Government begins a double advertising and marketing drive about early years education and childcare. On the one hand, it is renewing its efforts to persuade more people, particularly...
At last the ten-year strategy for childcare has been unveiled by Chancellor Gordon Brown (see News, page 4). The 90-odd pages of Choice for parents, the best start for children contain much of...
The introduction of child tagging technology in nurseries around the UK does not have quite the same sinister undertones as the use of internet cameras, but it does seem to be a gimmick at best and to...
The Equal Opportunities Commission is carrying out a major study into gender segregation in five employment sectors where there are skills shortages - construction, plumbing, engineering, ICT and...
The role of employers in supporting and providing for their staff's childcare needs will be a major issue in the next few years. Last week's conference by the London Development Agency, Bright...
The Government has been very keen to stress how important it is to listen to parents' views about smacking, and the results of various polls of the public are used to justify maintaining physical...
It seems that getting the language of early years education and childcare right is a struggle for Government speech writers. Take education secretary Ruth Kelly's words to the IPPR last week (see...