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Urgent call for local councils to be given funding to support summer holiday provision

Thursday, June 18, 2020

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Teachers are calling on the Government to urgently fund Local Authorities (LAs) to co-ordinate Summer holiday schemes for children and young people in their communities.

Coronavirus: MPs call for emergency funding for childcare sector

News

Monday, July 6, 2020

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MPs have called on the Government to conduct an urgent review into childcare funding, and commit to emergency funding for the sector, in a report which highlights 'the serious and unprecedented impact' of coronavirus on new parents and children.

MPs criticise delay in Government response to childcare funding petition

News

Thursday, July 30, 2020

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A report calling for an urgent review of childcare funding and how new parents are supported due to the impact of Covid-19 will not be addressed until later this year.

Councils warn that a quarter of childcare providers could close in rural areas

News

Friday, September 25, 2020

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Councils in England are warning that up to one in 10 childcare providers could close this winter, and that as many as one in four are at risk in rural areas.

9 in 10 parents think early years sector underfunded - MPs' survey

News

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

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The vast majority of parents think that the current level of funding for their nursery, pre-school or childminder is inadequate – and have raised concerns over their ability to work if the sector is not supported to remain financially sustainable.

Government 'knowingly underfunded' the early years sector

News

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

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The Government stands accused of ‘shamelessly’ and ‘knowingly underfunding’ the early years sector, after private Government documents obtained by the Early Years Alliance reveal that ministers at the Department for Education were aware that it was severely underfunding providers of funded childcare places for three- and four-year-olds.

'Funding for children's speech and language has been sorely lacking'

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Monday, October 25, 2021

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Up to 1.5 million children are at risk of speech and language delay, which is why their support needs to be at the heart of this week’s Spending Review, says Carol Payne, interim chief executive of I CAN, the children's communication charity

Spending Review Autumn 2021: Chancellor urged to invest in babies and children

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

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A coalition of children’s sector organisations is calling on the Chancellor to use his Spending Review, next week, to provide ‘much-needed' cross-Government investment in babies, children and young people.

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

News

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

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According to new research from a group of charities, many routine health visitor checks continue to be over the phone, drop-in clinics are no longer operating in some areas and baby and toddler groups have either stopped running or are hard to access.

As the Childcare Survey turns 21, we demand change for the next generation

Opinion

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

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More than 60 per cent of women who had an abortion were influenced by childcare costs

News

Friday, July 8, 2022

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Six in 10 women who have had an abortion say childcare costs influenced their decision, reveals new research.

Call to make childcare free for all as nursery bills 'skyrocket'

News

Monday, September 5, 2022

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A union body is calling for universal free childcare as nursery bills ‘skyrocket’ to over £1,000 a month across England and with costs predicted to rise to £2,000 a month by 2026.

Children's centres move away from universal services to target poorest

News

Friday, July 19, 2013

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The extent to which children's centres are changing in the face of local authority cuts and Coalition Government policy is highlighted in the latest report from the Evaluation of Children's Centres in England.

Government launches consultation on tax-free childcare

News

Monday, August 5, 2013

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Around 2.5 million families will be able to claim up to 1,200 per child a year in tax-free childcare from 2015, under Government plans out for consultation.

Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension

News

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

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The scrapping of childcare vouchers has been delayed, after Labour forced a vote on the issue in the House of Commons yesterday.

Tax-Free Childcare runs into problems

News

Monday, May 15, 2017

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Two weeks after its launch, both childcare providers and parents are experiencing difficulties with the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.

London 30-hour childcare funding varies widely

News

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

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Childcare providers in over half of boroughs in the capital are receiving less in Government funding for the 30 hours than parents would pay, according to a new report.

Parents in UK face tougher struggle to afford childcare than parents abroad – survey

News

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

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One in four UK parents has been forced to leave their job or stop studying because of the ‘rocketing cost of childcare’, according to a worldwide survey by global children’s charity Theirworld.

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

News

Friday, December 2, 2022

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A new report calls for the UK’s ‘broken childcare’ system to be fixed, providing recommendations to tackle its ‘complexity, inflexibility’ and the ‘dysfunctional provider market’.

Government picks 16 local authorities to pilot universal wraparound childcare offer

News

Friday, July 7, 2023

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Sixteen local authorities have been chosen to pilot the Government’s plans to provide universal wraparound care for primary school aged children.

Spring Statement: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years

News

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

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The sector has expressed its disappointment over the Chancellor’s inaction on childcare and education funding.

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

News

Saturday, April 2, 2022

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The 75 local authorities chosen by the Department for Education as eligible for a share of £302 million to set up the Government’s ‘flagship’ family hubs in their areas have been named today (Saturday).

Post-Covid children's mental health services face rocketing rise in demand

News

Saturday, July 30, 2022

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Children’s mental health services are ‘buckling under pressure’ in the wake of the pandemic, says Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives, which calls on the two Conservative leadership candidates to pledge a £1 billion recovery package.

New PM Liz Truss urged to take action to save childcare settings

News

Monday, September 5, 2022

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On the day of her appointment as new Prime Minister (Monday 5 September), early years organisations have called on Liz Truss to make the sector a priority and put in place a plan to tackle the early years funding and recruitment crises to ‘avoid a catastrophe’.

DfE survey of parents highlights need to make childcare more affordable

News

Friday, August 26, 2022

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The DfE’s latest survey of parents reveals an increasing number want childcare to be made more affordable as families, particularly those on lower incomes, continue to find it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to meet the cost.

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Urgent call for local councils to be given funding to support summer holiday provision

Coronavirus: MPs call for emergency funding for childcare sector

MPs criticise delay in Government response to childcare funding petition

Councils warn that a quarter of childcare providers could close in rural areas

9 in 10 parents think early years sector underfunded - MPs' survey

Government 'knowingly underfunded' the early years sector

'Funding for children's speech and language has been sorely lacking'

Spending Review Autumn 2021: Chancellor urged to invest in babies and children

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

As the Childcare Survey turns 21, we demand change for the next generation

More than 60 per cent of women who had an abortion were influenced by childcare costs

Call to make childcare free for all as nursery bills 'skyrocket'

Children's centres move away from universal services to target poorest

Government launches consultation on tax-free childcare

Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension

Tax-Free Childcare runs into problems

London 30-hour childcare funding varies widely

Parents in UK face tougher struggle to afford childcare than parents abroad – survey

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

Government picks 16 local authorities to pilot universal wraparound childcare offer

Spring Statement: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

Post-Covid children's mental health services face rocketing rise in demand

New PM Liz Truss urged to take action to save childcare settings

DfE survey of parents highlights need to make childcare more affordable

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