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DfE launches consultation on proposed funding formula for 30 hours expansion

Friday, July 21, 2023

| Nursery World

The DfE has launched its consultation on its new proposed ‘fair funding formula’ for the delivery of the extension of the funded hours for children from nine months old, starting from April.

Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

| Nursery World

Bridget Phillipson, shadow education secretary, said that a Labour Government would ‘fix’ the country’s ‘broken childcare system’, in a speech to delegates at Nursery World’s 9th Business Summit.

Nurseries to be exempt from business rates, as Government brings in powers to close or keep them open

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Thursday, March 19, 2020

| Nursery World

All private, voluntary and independent nurseries will be exempt from business rates for one year from 1 April.

Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

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Friday, June 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have slammed their omission from sharing any of the £1bn funding package that schools will receive as part of a catch-up plan for children who have fallen behind from missing education in lockdown.

30-hour offer reopens in Wales this month

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

| Nursery World

Wales’ Childcare offer of 30 hours a week, which was suspended to new parents in April, will reopen for applications from mid-August.

Coronavirus: Toddlers from poorest families 'missing out' on outdoor space and books in lockdown

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

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Babies and toddlers from disadvantaged families spent less time outdoors and reading and playing with their parents during lockdown than their better-off peers, according to new research.

Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years

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Friday, March 5, 2021

| Nursery World

Labour plans to hold ‘a big conversation’ with those in the early years to hear from providers about what needs to change to transform the sector, including ensuring providers receive the 'proper funding' they 'deserve'.

Tax-free childcare 'will not cut childcare costs'

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Families will continue to spend more than a quarter of their household income on childcare, even after Tax-Free Childcare is introduced, a think-tank has warned.

Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon pledges free childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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Friday, September 10, 2021

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has confirmed it will make funded childcare for one- and two-year-olds universal within this parliament.

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

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The high cost of childcare means that thousands of mothers are effectively paying to return to work after having children, according to the IPPR, which is calling for universal pre-school to start at the end of parental leave.

Council cut brings end to charity-run children's centres

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Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Barnardo's and Action for Children have lost their contracts to run seven children's centres in Leicester in a council bid to save 1.7m a year.

30-hour childcare to be extended to foster carers next year

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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Foster carers will be able to access 30 hours funded childcare for the children in their care, the Government has confirmed.

Tax-Free Childcare goes live

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Monday, April 24, 2017

| Nursery World

From today, working parents of children under four can start using Tax-Free Childcare, as well as sign up ahead of the 30-hour September roll-out.

Make free childcare universal, says UK business organisation

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

| Nursery World

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which represents 92,000 businesses, wants a universal childcare entitlement up until school entry to help firms retain staff and working parents to progress.

Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

| Nursery World

Government plans to increase childcare will mean that a low-income parent stands to take home just £4 an hour after childcare costs and changes to universal credit are taken into account, according to research by two major charities.

Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

| Nursery World

Analysis of childcare costs by Labour shows that the average cost of a part-time childcare place has risen by 80 per cent since 2010 when the party was last in office.

Coronavirus: After-school clubs on the brink of collapse

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Thursday, June 4, 2020

| Nursery World

Out-of-school clubs are facing closure and may never reopen, following new rules, confusing guidance and lack of support from Government.

Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children feel abandoned

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents of disabled children have been left without vital care and support during lockdown, a survey by the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) has found.

Protect early years funding to keep quality and access for disadvantaged children

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

| Nursery World

Social mobility must be at the heart of the general election campaign, the Sutton Trust says today, starting with the early years.

30 hours: Government consults on how it will work in practice

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Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries are being encouraged to stay open for longer hours to offer funded places for three- and four-year-olds between 6am and 8pm, to offer more flexible childcare for working parents.

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DfE launches consultation on proposed funding formula for 30 hours expansion

Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

Nurseries to be exempt from business rates, as Government brings in powers to close or keep them open

Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

30-hour offer reopens in Wales this month

Coronavirus: Toddlers from poorest families 'missing out' on outdoor space and books in lockdown

Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years

Tax-free childcare 'will not cut childcare costs'

Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon pledges free childcare for one- and two-year-olds

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

Council cut brings end to charity-run children's centres

30-hour childcare to be extended to foster carers next year

Tax-Free Childcare goes live

Make free childcare universal, says UK business organisation

Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report

Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

Coronavirus: After-school clubs on the brink of collapse

Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children feel abandoned

Protect early years funding to keep quality and access for disadvantaged children

30 hours: Government consults on how it will work in practice

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