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One Parent Families Scotland is appealing to people to spread some Christmas cheer this December by donating gifts for families who might otherwise go without.
While take-up of school meals has nearly doubled under the universal infant free school meal (UIFSM) policy, its introduction has affected schools’ pupil premium funding.
All new laws and Government policies will be subject to a ‘families test',the Department for Work and Pensions has revealed.
According to a group of children’s charities, ‘crippling’ funding cuts mean councils are forced to help only children in crisis.
The Government has scrapped the only national Government funding scheme set up to help new childminders start their business, despite falling numbers in recent years.
Children from disadvantaged families could be missing out on funding designed to support them, according to a cross-party committee of MPs.
Nurseries warn that the promised increase in funding rates from September ‘fall well short’ of what they need to survive after years of underfunding.
The children and families minister has admitted that the £26 million for school breakfast clubs, promised last month, is funding previously pledged by the Government and not new money.
There has been a muted response from the early years and childcare sector this week to the news that 100m in capital funding is to boost expansion of places for disadvantaged two-year-olds.
Childcare is one of the priority areas for improving the lot of soldiers' families, while nurseries offer their share of support, says Judith Napier.