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House of Lords votes against scrapping income-related child poverty targets

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

| Nursery World

Peers have thrown out the Government’s move to stop using family income as a way of measuring child poverty.

Carers of young children should get obesity support, experts say

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

| Nursery World

A cross-party parliamentary group has called for carers of young children to get support on nutrition, food choices, physical activity and sleep to help combat the UK’s obesity crisis.

'Half a billion' funding black hole in 30-hours childcare

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

As the Childcare Bill reaches its final stages in the House of Commons today, new analysis carried out for the Labour party claims there will be a shortfall of £480m on the Government’s 30-hour plan.

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

A government-funded study published days after the Prime Minister pledged to roll out parenting classes to all, has reported the scheme will fail without proper financial backing.

HMRC tells childminders to repay thousands in tax credits

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Childminders must now prove their business is being run to make a profit or could be forced to repay thousands of pounds in backdated tax credits.

Fees to rise as ‘living wage’ hits hard

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries are considering fee rises of up to seven per cent to help pay for the new ‘living wage’, according to property expert Courteney Donaldson.

Councils prioritise ‘neediest’ centres

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Children’s centres in the most deprived areas have experienced less severe cuts than those in other parts of the country, an analysis has revealed.

Parents urge Westminster not to cut

News

Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Westminster parents fear cuts will harm their children’s futures, as the council seeks to move away from universal services to targeted two-year-old provision.

Time for action on men in childcare

Opinion

Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

With the proportion of men working in early years stuck at just two per cent, it's time for the Government to set recruitment targets to address the gender imbalance once and for all, says David Wright.

Interview - Dr Margy Whalley and Barbara Riddell

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Nursery Schools and Nursery Classes in Primary Schools has just been launched, with Pen Green acting as secretariat.

Children's centres on their own cannot protect families against poverty

Opinion

Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

On 17 December 2015 the latest official report from the Children’s Centres evaluation was published.

DfE renews drive to set up childminder agencies

News

Friday, January 22, 2016

| Nursery World

4Children is supporting nurseries, schools and local authorities to open childminder agencies in a new push by the Department for Education to expand the scheme across England.

Youngest children not active enough

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| Nursery World

Just nine per cent of children aged between two and four are doing the right amount of physical activity, experts have claimed.

Infant class sizes over 30 treble in five years

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Friday, January 15, 2016

| Nursery World

Labour has accused the Government of failing to tackle the crisis in primary school places, after analysis shows that more than 500,000 children are now in ‘super-size’ classes exceeding the statutory limit of 30.