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Children's centres will be paid according to the take-up of free nursery education among disadvantaged two and three-year-olds, in plans unveiled by children's minister Sarah Teather.
A group pf parents are campaigning against the proposed closure of two children’s centres in Hackney, which together provide more than 100 childcare places.
Following a two-year consultation, Essex County Council has decided to close 38 of its 75 children's centres.
The scale of cuts to Sure Start centres over the past five years has been truly frightening, says Dave Prentis
The extent of cuts in Sure Start funding, which could have a serious impact on the running of children's centres, is beginning to emerge as local authorities set their budgets for the next financial...
Action for Children says the Government is 'letting families down' as it finds that four in ten children's centres have not been inspected for over five years.
Six children's centres in Coventry are set to close next month, because the council says the settings are not being used to their full potential.
Only 40 per cent of local authorities will commit themselves to keeping all of their children's centres over the next financial year, research has found.
Three children's centres in deprived areas are to lose their daycare provision because of funding problems and a shortage of fee-paying parents.
A free conference for all children's centre leaders, organised by the DCSF, is taking place in London on Tuesday, 8 September.