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Welfare reform will add to pressure on families

Monday, July 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Precious little seems certain in post-Brexit-vote Britain. But, depressingly, the facts about poverty are pretty clear, says Alison Garnham

Children's 'red books' start to go online from April

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Monday, February 13, 2017

| Nursery World

The ‘red book’, the paper-based personal child health record for under-fives, will be available online for London parents from April ahead of a national rollout.

Call for 'real living wage' to meet childcare costs

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Working parents are increasingly demanding good quality childcare for a basic standard of living, according to a child poverty charity which is calling for a ‘real living wage’ to help reach that goal.

30 hours take-up exceeds forecast in York, study shows

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Monday, August 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Over 200 more places than anticipated were taken up by parents in the city-wide pilot of the 30 hours in York, according to an evaluation report.

Childcare costs have risen four times faster than wages

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Friday, October 20, 2017

| Nursery World

The cost of childcare for the youngest children has risen four times faster than wages since 2008, according to a new analysis.

Just 7 per cent of expected parents sign up for Tax-Free Childcare

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Friday, November 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Only a fraction of the numbers of parents forecast have registered for Tax-Free Childcare, meaning that Government will spend 90 per cent less on the scheme than planned.

HMRC has paid out £40,000 in compensation to Tax-Free Childcare parents

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

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Nearly £40,000 has been paid in Tax-Free Childcare compensation to parents for inconvenience and expenses incurred as a result of the scheme.

Labour secures vote on Government free school meal and childcare changes

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Friday, March 9, 2018

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Labour is seeking to overthrow Government plans for changes to the eligibility criteria for childcare for two-year-olds and free school meals in a vote in Parliament.

Childcare shortage excludes over 870,000 mothers from the workplace

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Friday, March 16, 2018

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Half of all stay-at-home mothers in England want to work but cannot get the childcare they need, according to new figures.

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

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Friday, February 15, 2019

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Children in the most deprived area of the country have seen a huge improvement in their outcomes at the end of the EYFS following a major programme of targeted Government investment.

Tax-Free Childcare: only a fifth of predicted number of families sign up

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Monday, February 18, 2019

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New figures on the take-up of Tax-Free Childcare from HMRC show that just a fifth of the number of parents the Government expected to have signed up to Tax-Free Childcare have done so.

'Government must kick start an early years revolution', urge MPs

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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

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The Health and Social Care Committee wants the Government to produce a long-term strategy for the first 1,000 days of life to improve support and services for children and families.

Sure Start cut hospital visits for children in deprived areas

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Sure Start children’s centres significantly reduced hospitalisations for children in poorer neighbourhoods and saved the NHS millions of pounds, new research has found.

UK rated one of the worst countries for family-friendly policies

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Thursday, June 20, 2019

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The UK is one of the least family-friendly of the richest countries according to UNICEF.

1.3m children in overcrowded homes

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Sunday, September 1, 2019

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New research which reveals that more than one in ten children in England are living in overcrowded homes, while hundreds of thousands are in temporary accommodation, highlights the impact of the housing crisis on families.

Welsh assembly to debate the bill to ban smacking

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

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Welsh MPs will debate the anti-smacking bill today.

Early years organisation publishes wishlist ahead of general election

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

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The NDNA has called on the next Government to ‘get it right’ for childcare in its new manifesto.

General Election 2019: Conservatives win majority - early years and schools reaction

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Friday, December 13, 2019

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Boris Johnson led his party to a historic victory last night, with Labour suffering its greatest loss of MPs since 1935.

Call for advocates to make sure children are heard

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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The National Children's Bureau (NCB) is calling on the Government to give children the legal right to an independent advocate at child protection conferences.