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A child's speech depends on their hearing and carers should be on the look-out for problems, says Maggie Jones
This week's columnist Robin Balbernie warns that we will lose health visitors at our peril So it is now official that the Government has been cutting back on the numbers of training places for health...
Imprisoning women who are pregnant or have young children should be 'a last resort', England's Children's Commissioner said last week.
Sure Start needs to be given time to draw in the most disadvantaged, say its defenders. Simon Vevers reports Press reaction to the National Evaluation of Sure Start was almost unremittingly negative,...
A project that links childcare providers and schools together has proved successful in preparing parents and children for what to expect before they start Reception.
With a quarter of the workforce considering leaving the profession due to stress, Karen Faux talks to some of the settings that are proactively taking steps to improve staff mental health, well-being...
Despite fears that the Government would not continue with the Voluntary and Community Sector grant beyond 2013, it has now launched a new grant programme worth 60m over two years.
Further to the news story (7 March) and the letters regarding the payment of the childcare tax credit element of Working Families Tax Credit (21 March), I think that the WFTC should be distributed by...
Advertising claims that a soft drink aimed at children does not encourage tooth decay were dismissed in the High Court last week. GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturer of Ribena ToothKind, went to the High...
Since the introduction in October 1999 of the childcare tax credit scheme as part of the Working Families Tax Credit, I have completed hundreds of forms for parents. The result has been about a 10 per...