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Parents fear childcare quality will be lost as cuts hit

Monday, September 2, 2013

| Nursery World

More than 60 per cent of families in Scotland say they have seen the quality of education services and wraparound care decrease because of funding cuts, a survey reveals.

More Affordable Childcare: Sector reaction

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have warned that plans to relax the number of hours a day that parents can use informal childcare could lead to some providers de-registering from Ofsted.

New nursery comparison service to launch

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

| Nursery World

A new nursery comparison service for parents has been created by the former chairman of Treetops Nurseries Alan Proto.

Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

There has been a ‘sharp drop’ in the number of available childcare places across England over the past year, with just half of local authorities reporting sufficiency of places for children under two.

Budget 2023: Steeper family vow to overturn the relaxation of ratios

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

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The parents of Oliver Steeper, who tragically died after choking on food at nursery in 2021, have vowed to overturn the Government’s decision to allow nurseries to relax childcare ratios for two-year-olds.

Cost-of-living crisis impacts settings' abilities to provide healthy meals

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Sunday, January 29, 2023

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Nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are struggling to provide healthy and nutritious meals due to rising food costs, warns new research from the Early Years Alliance (EYA) and LEYF.

Zayn Malik adds name to growing list calling on PM to expand free school meals

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

| Nursery World

Singer Zayn Malik has written to the prime minister calling for free school meals for all children in families on Universal credit, ahead of next week’s budget.

MPs tell the DfE 'there are holes that need fixing' with its childcare policies

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

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Cross-party MPs are warning the Government has more work to do with its incoming childcare policies to ensure children benefit from high-quality affordable early years education to help parents and providers.

Charities, celebrities and parents call on PM to guarantee access to 'vital' children's services

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

| Nursery World

More than 80 charities, experts in early childhood development, celebrities and parents have signed an open letter calling on the Prime Minister to provide better support for young children and their parents.

30 hours expansion: DfE commits £100m in funding to expand provision and EYFS regulatory changes

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Friday, October 27, 2023

| Nursery World

The Government has announced £100m in capital funding for early years providers to expand their provision ahead of the 30 hours extension, along with regulatory changes to the EYFS to provide more 'flexibility for settings'.

Open letter demands Government give parents a 'better deal' with early years provision

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

| Nursery World

An open letter calling for the Government to increase early years funding and improve its communication with parents has been signed by LEYF, the Fatherhood Institute and campaigner Kate Dyson of The Motherload.

Applications open for funded hours for nine-month-olds, but sector warns of difficulty finding a place

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Monday, May 13, 2024

| Nursery World

As applications open for parents of nine-month-olds to apply for the 15- hour funding, concerns have been raised that early years providers won't be able to meet the increased demand.

Free childcare entitlement 'not levelling the playing field' for disadvantaged children

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Friday, March 13, 2020

| Nursery World

The public spending watchdog has warned that the development gap for disadvantaged children is at risk of increasing due low take-up of funded places in deprived areas and poorer quality provision.

Fears parents will be driven to use unregulated childcare

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Monday, June 29, 2020

| Nursery World

Anticipated mass nursery and childminder closures could result in desperate parents putting their children at risk by unwittingly resorting to unregulated childcare, warns the Regulation Matters (RM) Campaign.

Coronavirus: Labour analysis finds 19,000 childcare providers at risk of closure

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

| Nursery World

A ‘perfect storm’ of rising childcare costs and thousands of providers at risk of closure due to a lack of government support will make it impossible for many parents to return to work, the Labour Party is warning.

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Parents fear childcare quality will be lost as cuts hit

More Affordable Childcare: Sector reaction

New nursery comparison service to launch

Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

Budget 2023: Steeper family vow to overturn the relaxation of ratios

Cost-of-living crisis impacts settings' abilities to provide healthy meals

Zayn Malik adds name to growing list calling on PM to expand free school meals

MPs tell the DfE 'there are holes that need fixing' with its childcare policies

Charities, celebrities and parents call on PM to guarantee access to 'vital' children's services

30 hours expansion: DfE commits £100m in funding to expand provision and EYFS regulatory changes

Open letter demands Government give parents a 'better deal' with early years provision

Applications open for funded hours for nine-month-olds, but sector warns of difficulty finding a place

Free childcare entitlement 'not levelling the playing field' for disadvantaged children

Fears parents will be driven to use unregulated childcare

Coronavirus: Labour analysis finds 19,000 childcare providers at risk of closure

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