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Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

Monday, June 8, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 70 children’s and mental health charities and organisations have written to the prime minister calling for the Government to invest in the well-being of babies and toddlers in Covid-19 recovery plans.

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.

Government performs u-turn over free school meals in holidays

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Monday, November 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged schoolchildren will receive free meals during the Christmas holidays, and under-fours will benefit from a top-up in vouchers for healthy food from April, the Government has announced.

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

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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.

4Children launches manifesto for families

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

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Children’s charity 4Children is calling for a complete rethink on how the UK supports children and families.

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.

National tutoring catch-up scheme failing disadvantaged pupils, say MPs

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Friday, March 11, 2022

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The Government’s multi-million pound catch-up programme risks failing pupils who need it the most, leaving them facing an ‘epidemic of educational inequality’, a report from the education select committee says .

Scotland to launch programme to support families at risk of poverty this summer

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Friday, July 1, 2022

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Low-income families in Scotland are to benefit from free childcare, activities, and healthy food as part of a £10 million summer programme to help with the cost of living.

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

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Friday, August 12, 2022

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A new report looking at ways to reform childcare recommends staff: child ratios be relaxed further than the proposed 1:5 in 'good' and 'outstanding' nurseries and suggests childminder agencies take on a larger role within the sector.

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

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

| Nursery World

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.