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More councils bow to pressure on ‘free’ 30-hour childcare

Monday, September 3, 2018

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Councils around the country are ditching the word ‘free’ to describe the 30 hours childcare offer in favour of ‘funded’ following sustained lobbying from early years providers.

Counting the cost of early years funding shortfalls

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

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As recent reports reveal ongoing problems with the underfunding of the 30 hours, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the biggest voluntary sector provider the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for Government action, as he explains why it has closed more than 20 settings

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

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Early years experts have warned that national wage increases could have a ‘devastating’ impact on the sector.

Scotland: Sector criticises omission of data on PVI workforce in childcare expansion report

Friday, June 18, 2021

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The Scottish Government has been criticised for its low take-up of the 1,140 hour offer among two-year-olds, and for failing to give workforce data on private and voluntary providers.

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

Friday, March 25, 2022

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More than 100 nursery groups and early years providers have signed an open letter to the Government highlighting the dire situation the sector faces with recruitment at ‘an all-time low’ and settings struggling to survive after years of underfunding.

30 Hours: Management - A tangled web

Monday, June 12, 2017

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What do childcare providers need to know when it comes to helping parents with the 30-hours computer application system? Hannah Crown tries to plug the gaps

Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension

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.

Spring Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years sector in favour of pubs

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

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Nursery owners have accused Chancellor Philip Hammond of prioritising support for pubs over nurseries, as he announced plans to offer some business rate relief in his Spring Budget speech.

Scotland's Blueprint for 2020 sets out early years and childcare plans

Friday, March 24, 2017

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A model for free early education and childcare that involves funding following the child and the Living Wage for private nursery staff are included in the plans.

New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

Monday, March 27, 2017

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The apprenticeship levy will worsen the North-South divide in training opportunities and jobs, a leading think-tank has warned.

Tax-Free Childcare runs into problems

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.

PVI sector's voice not heard on schools forums

Monday, June 12, 2017

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The Pre-school Learning Alliance is calling for a shake-up of the way local authority education funding decisions are made.

Minister says providers are 'up for it' in 30 hours debate

Thursday, October 12, 2017

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Children and Families Minister Robert Goodwill said he is ‘living in a parallel universe’ when it comes to the 30 hours at a Parliamentary debate today.

Nursery Management: Business - Costs cocktail

Monday, March 21, 2016

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How is the impact of the 30 hours, National Living Wage and other increased business costs going to be felt across the sector? Hannah Crown reports

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Funding Rates - Number crunch

Monday, March 20, 2017

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The way that councils are setting rates for 30 hours funding varies widely across the country. Jo Parkes assesses some big differences in approach

NDNA survey: most settings wary of 30 hours

Monday, February 22, 2016

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The latest NDNA survey finds funding and the 30 hours policy causing nurseries concern

Nursery owners design ‘Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding’ cards

Friday, May 13, 2016

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Thousands of individually-designed cards opposing the Government’s policies on the free entitlement will be mailed out by campaigning nurseries on National Children’s Day.

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

Thursday, September 9, 2021

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More than eight in ten private, voluntary or independent nurseries in England are making a loss or only just breaking even, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Ministers reportedly planning to change staff: child ratios for under-twos 'to cut childcare costs'

Monday, October 4, 2021

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Sector organisations, nursery owners, childcarers and experts have vowed to oppose any attempts from the Government to relax rules on the number of babies and toddlers nurseries and childminders can care for in early years settings.

Big issues: Follow the story

Friday, January 13, 2017

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Do you want to keep up to speed on the Government’s 30-hour childcare policy and what it means for your setting?

DfE offers childminder start-up grants for 30 hours

Friday, February 24, 2017

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Newly registered childminders and childminder agencies can apply for grants of up to £1,000, if they are planning to offer the Government’s funded 30-hour childcare places.

Exclusive: To the Point - Making 30 hours work

Monday, September 4, 2017

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Robert Goodwill, the new Minister for Children and Families, reflects on his first six weeks in post since the General Election

Nursery Management: 30 Hours - More or less

Monday, March 18, 2019

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The University of East London’s Ivana La Valle and Eva Lloyd, who were involved in the most recent evaluation of the 30 hours entitlement, discuss the key findings of their report and how the policy may develop in the future

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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Two surveys show that many settings will not be able to offer parents places for the extended entitlements, as the start of the roll-out of the expanded policy nears. By Catherine Gaunt

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

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

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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.

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