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Unison's chief negotiators have been forced to back down in their fight for a national pay settlement for Scotland's nursery nurses. At a meeting last week the public services trade union agreed that...
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.
Nurseries are being urged by Early Education to sign a petition against the implementation of the Early Years Single Funding Formula (EYSFF), which it claims will have a negative impact on the most...
The Daycare Trust has been commissioned by the Government Office for London (GOL) to work with local authorities in the capital to help deliver sufficient childcare.
Early years providers can compare the funding they receive with their neighbours in other local authorities in an updated version of the early years online funding tool.
Returning to the campaign trail after just two days' paternity leave following the birth of son Donald last week, Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy was said by the Independent to joke that 'he...
Scottish childminders celebrated the Scottish Executive's move to put their position on smacking children into law at their annual conference. Members of the Scottish Childminding Association at the...
It was very heartening to hear Jane Cole, a member of the DfES Foundation Stage team, pledge last week that outdoor play would be accorded its proper place in the forthcoming framework covering birth...
Local authorities could lack sufficient funds to implement the new duties imposed on them in the Childcare Bill, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs have warned. The Bill had general cross-party...
The Department for Education is giving an extra £31.7m to help local authorities implement special needs reforms.