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Antonia Simon, associate professor at UCL Social Research Institute, warns that the nursery sector is at risk of following in the footsteps of adult social care with a 'spectacular collapse' due to...
In last week's news story 'Call for action on falling occupancy', the survey of 5,000 private and voluntary sector providers was carried out by Nursery and Childcare Market News in its 2005 Survey of...
Families of military personnel are to benefit from an extra 2 million a year, under new measures announced by the Chancellor George Osborne in today's budget.
Local authorities in England will receive at least £500,000 this year to support children with special educational needs and disabilities, including those in early years settings, the Department for...
Parents with one child are being put off expanding their family because of 'exaggerated' warnings about the costs, according to a new book published by think tank Civitas.
Children from poorer backgrounds are more likely to have delayed access to funded early years education, new research from the LSE suggests.
* One of the largest care home operators in England is to move into the childcare sector. Trading under the name Kids 1st Day Nurseries, the Helen McArdle Group is to open two settings in partnership...
Middle-income families are only 38 a week better off after paying childcare and housing costs than those on low-incomes, according to new research.
A nursery owner in Cumbria has warned that another year of chaos in the criminal records check and childcare inspection systems will put providers under such stress that some will be unable to cope....
* Children are portrayed as victims in nearly one in three news stories, claims a global study of newspaper coverage. The study, conducted in 24 countries by the World Association of Newspapers, found...