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Welfare bill will hit 7 million families

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  • Tuesday, January 8, 2013
  • | Nursery World
Charities for families and disabled children have spoken out against the Government's plans to limit the rise to benefits and tax credits to 1 per cent, ahead of the second reading of the welfare bill in Parliament today.

Lone parents worse off under Universal Credit, warns Barnardo's

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  • Tuesday, January 8, 2013
  • | Nursery World
Under the Universal Credit, lone parent families will gain nothing from working more hours and in some cases could be worse off after having to pay for additional childcare and seeing their benefits reduced and tax increased, reveals a new report.

Government-funded report focuses on early intervention to help children with SEN

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  • Wednesday, January 2, 2013
  • | Nursery World
The recommendations of the Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP), the largest ever programme of research into children's speech, language and communication services in the UK, put an emphasis on early intervention, close involvement of families and joint commissioning of services across education, health and social care to support children with speech, language and communication needs.

MPs' report on special educational needs says draft bill 'lacks detail'

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  • Thursday, December 20, 2012
  • | Nursery World
A committee of MPs has welcomed the overall direction of the Government's proposed legislation to reform provision for children with special educational needs (SEN), but warns that the draft legislation lacks significant detail, making it impossible to assess the impact of the proposals.

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