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Data: expansion of funded early years hours in Scotland
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Scotland
Free childcare
Apr 13, 2022
A Fair Start? Limiting access to 30-hours of childcare risks harming the children most in need
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Free childcare
30-hour childcare
Apr 11, 2022
Free childcare Wales: Calls for more free provision
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Wales
Mar 30, 2022
Ireland: Ivana Bacik pledges free childcare as she takes over as Labour leader
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Ireland
Free childcare
Mar 25, 2022
Wales to begin expansion of funded two-year-old places
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Wales
Free childcare
Nursery places
Mar 16, 2022
Four big issues facing early years in Scotland
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Scotland
Free childcare
Feb 21, 2022
Private nurseries call for meeting with Nicola Sturgeon as they are 'losing staff through disparity in funded childcare'
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Scotland
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Free childcare
Feb 8, 2022
N Family Club to offer low-income families free childcare places
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Disadvantaged
Feb 8, 2022
Portland Nurseries rewards employees with free childcare
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Free childcare
Jan 31, 2022
Why 30 hours' free childcare should apply to all
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30-hour childcare
Free childcare
Jan 21, 2022
DfE confirms increase in funding rates for childcare places
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Early years funding
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Free childcare
Nov 26, 2021
Scotland's 1,140 hours has exacerbated the decline in childminders
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Scotland
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Childminders
Nov 25, 2021
What we know about the Welsh Government's plans to offer free school meals and childcare for two year-olds
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Wales
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Nov 23, 2021
Wales plans to make free childcare for two-year-olds universal
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Wales
Free childcare
Nov 23, 2021
Reform 30-hour childcare to support disadvantaged families, charity urges
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Free childcare
Nov 18, 2021
Urgent reform of the 30 hours funding needed to bridge attainment gap in disadvantaged children
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Free childcare
Nov 18, 2021
A Fair Start? A practical way of levelling up
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Levelling up
Nov 18, 2021
New research supports call for 30 hours to be extended to vulnerable children
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Nov 18, 2021
Why free nursery childcare can come with costly extras
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Free childcare
Nov 4, 2021
More than 79,000 children in Scotland taking up their 1,140-hour place
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Scotland
Nursery places
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Oct 6, 2021
SNP under pressure as fewer two-year-olds taking up free childcare
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Scotland
Free childcare
Oct 4, 2021
Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon pledges free childcare for one- and two-year-olds
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Scotland
Sep 10, 2021
Scotland: Free childcare before and after school is confirmed
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Scotland
Free childcare
Sep 7, 2021
Scotland: Childcare for poorer families at heart of government plans
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Scotland
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Sep 7, 2021
Inequality in early years education isn’t offering a fair start
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Educational inequality
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Aug 20, 2021
Low earnings lock some parents out of 30 hours free childcare and early education
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Aug 20, 2021
Most disadvantaged children ‘locked out’ of crucial early years education, report finds
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Aug 19, 2021
Make 30 hours funded childcare universal to close the attainment gap
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Aug 19, 2021
Disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds ‘locked out’ of crucial early years opportunities
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Aug 19, 2021
Poorest children ‘locked out’ of early years education, Sutton Trust warns
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Aug 19, 2021
Sutton Trust report on childcare in early years
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Aug 19, 2021
ASCL comment on Sutton Trust report into ‘locked out’ disadvantaged early years children
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Aug 19, 2021
Free childcare policy ‘damages life chances’ of poor children in England
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Aug 19, 2021
New study shows almost a quarter of a million worse-off children are 'locked out' of nursery education
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Aug 19, 2021
Ireland: Deprived families risk losing out under new national childcare scheme
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Ireland
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Aug 9, 2021
Landmark early years policy all set after Covid delay
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Scotland
Free childcare
Aug 4, 2021
Scotland's delayed nationwide expansion of 1140 hours childcare launches
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Scotland
Free childcare
Aug 4, 2021
Double-digit fall in funded childcare registrations raises provider concerns
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Nursery places
Jul 2, 2021
DfE statistics show ‘substantial drop’ in demand for 'free childcare' places
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Jul 2, 2021
'Substantial’ drop in take-up of funded places fuels concern for early years sector
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Jul 2, 2021
‘Free must mean free’, says Ombudsman as it calls for more transparency over free entitlement place fees
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Feb 8, 2021
Big drop in attendance adds to sector’s funding concerns
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Feb 2, 2021
Local authorities report £55m underspend on childcare places in lead up to pandemic
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Feb 2, 2021
Thousands of parents could get refunds for charges on ‘free’ childcare
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Jan 29, 2021
'Free must mean free' when it comes to childcare, ombudsman says
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Jan 28, 2021
Local government watchdog warns nurseries over top-up fees for 'free entitlement'
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Jan 28, 2021
Nursery top-up fees probe prompts England-wide warning
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Jan 28, 2021
Scotland's free childcare expansion delayed until August 2021
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Scotland
Free childcare
Dec 14, 2020
Scotland to offer free childcare for children who defer school
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Dec 10, 2020
Scottish Government to relaunch childcare expansion rollout in August
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Dec 9, 2020
Flagship early-years expansion likely by August
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Scotland
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Dec 9, 2020
Free childcare: Councils 'are threatening viability' of private nurseries
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Scotland
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Dec 9, 2020
Scotland’s childcare expansion programme: new data published
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Dec 8, 2020
Children who defer school start will get free care
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Dec 7, 2020
Nursery group offers free childcare to parents hit by pandemic
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Nov 17, 2020
Most children get more early-years hours, despite Covid
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Scotland
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Nov 12, 2020
Use unspent billions to support 'desperate' childcare providers, says alliance
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Sep 28, 2020
More than one in three Scottish councils had delivered childcare target
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Scotland
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Sep 11, 2020
MSPs told 11 councils have met key early years pledge
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Scotland
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Sep 10, 2020
Parents to get 30 hours free childcare until October even if their income has dropped due to coronavirus
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Aug 5, 2020
Free childcare scheme for three and four-year-olds re-opens
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Wales
Nursery reopening
Aug 4, 2020
Nurseries can no longer afford 30 hours’ free childcare for working parents
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Coronavirus
Jul 20, 2020
Extend free childcare to one-year-olds to protect vulnerable from coronavirus fallout, ministers urged
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Disadvantaged
Jul 17, 2020
Call to provide 30 hours’ free childcare from age of two
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Jul 17, 2020
Coronavirus in Scotland: confusion after free childcare is delayed by a year
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Scotland
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Jul 10, 2020
Nursery hours plan delayed until at least next summer
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Scotland
Jul 8, 2020
Key workers will still get 30 hours of free childcare even if they work fewer hours in coronavirus outbreak
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May 5, 2020
Wales puts 30 hour childcare on hold to pay for key worker children
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Wales
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Apr 6, 2020
Scotland puts childcare expansion on hold
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Scotland
Coronavirus
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Apr 1, 2020
Coronavirus: Nursery hours expansion plans put on hold
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Scotland
Mar 31, 2020
Coronavirus: Free childcare funding to continue
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Nursery closures
Mar 18, 2020
Coronavirus: Government confirms settings will receive childcare funding if they have to close
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Mar 17, 2020
Free childcare offers to continue during coronavirus closures
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Coronavirus
Mar 17, 2020
Disadvantaged families least likely to take up free childcare
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Disadvantaged
Free childcare
Mar 13, 2020
Free childcare entitlement 'not levelling the playing field' for disadvantaged children
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Disadvantaged
Mar 13, 2020
Universal credit childcare rules could discriminate against women
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Free childcare
Mar 10, 2020
Campaigners call for 30-hour childcare to be made universal to close disadvantage gap
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Free childcare
Mar 9, 2020
MPs to debate offering 15-hour childcare from nine months
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Mar 9, 2020
MPs debate provision of free childcare
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Free childcare
Mar 5, 2020
Scotland: The nursery system needs an overhaul, not just free hours
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Scotland
Mar 4, 2020
Roll-out of Scotland's 1,140 hours could face delays, warns spending watchdog
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Scotland
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Audit Scotland
Nursery places
Mar 3, 2020
Sector survey finds mixed views on 'free' childcare entitlements
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Early years
Mar 2, 2020
Childcare costs: Parents of children under two pay 5% more
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Free childcare
Feb 26, 2020
Parents face soaring nursery fees to cover costs of free childcare policy
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Feb 26, 2020
Up to 680,000 working parents on Universal Credit missing out on £13,000 free childcare
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Universal credit
Feb 21, 2020
'Free' early years education under scrutiny in BBC Radio 4 programme
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Early years
Feb 7, 2020
Nurseries face closure over free childcare funding gap
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Nursery closures
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Jan 15, 2020
Parents in Wales benefiting from childcare offer but confusion over how scheme works
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Wales
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Jan 7, 2020
Parents in deprived areas less likely to use funded childcare
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Disadvantaged
Free childcare
Jan 3, 2020
Scottish government says childcare expansion on track, despite some delays
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Scotland
Free childcare
Jan 3, 2020
Universal Credit, childcare and in-work progression
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Free childcare
Nov 28, 2019
General election: Focus on quality childcare, not just more 'free' hours, parties told
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Nov 27, 2019
Plaid Cymru manifesto: Welsh party pledges universal childcare from the age of one
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Wales
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Nov 27, 2019
Government fails to meet ICO deadline on childcare funding calculations
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Free childcare
Nov 14, 2019
DfE refuses to explain how funding rates were calculated
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Early years
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Nov 14, 2019
Rise to Living Wage will be felt by Scottish nurseries, warns NDNA
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Scotland
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Nov 13, 2019
Election 2019: Early years policy 'arms race' ignores providers, say campaigners
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Nov 11, 2019
'Free' childcare offer will lead to more nursery closures, finds research
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Nov 11, 2019
Lib Dems promise 35 hours of free childcare from nine months old
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Free childcare
Nov 8, 2019
Tories set to promise an extra ten weeks of free childcare in family-first manifesto
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Nov 1, 2019
Nurseries say subsidy does not cover their costs | Greg Hurst
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Nov 1, 2019
Boris Johnson to offer extra free childcare in Tory manifesto boost for families
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Oct 30, 2019
Scotland: Free childcare in holidays for poorest pupils if I win election, says Nicola Sturgeon
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Scotland
Oct 16, 2019
Sturgeon: Free holiday childcare for poorer families
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Scotland
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Oct 15, 2019
A third of Scottish nursery children already using extra funded hours
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Oct 2, 2019
Nursery offers Thomas Cook staff free childcare
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Sep 27, 2019
Rayner: Schools will not be subjected to one-word grade
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Sep 23, 2019
Parents financially worse off since childcare voucher scheme closed, finds survey
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Aug 27, 2019
Tax-free childcare glitch leaves providers with an 'admin impossibility'
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Aug 21, 2019
Concern over 'staffing crisis' at private nurseries in Scotland
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Scotland
Free childcare
Aug 7, 2019
‘Anger and confusion’ at free nursery places pilots
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Scotland
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Jul 1, 2019
Academy chain to open free nursery for poorest children
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Jun 26, 2019
30 hours free childcare: summer term 2019
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Jun 13, 2019
30 hours free childcare: Summer term 2019
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Jun 11, 2019
DfE launches campaign to raise awareness of 30 hours among low-income families
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Jun 5, 2019
Government accused of failing to close free childcare loophole in Scotland
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May 22, 2019
30 hours free childcare: Summer term 2019
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May 16, 2019
Extend 30 hours to more families, urges social mobility body
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Apr 30, 2019
30 hours policy 'entrenches inequality' says social mobility watchdog
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Apr 30, 2019
100,000 parents sign petition demanding Government’s 15 hours of free childcare to start at nine months rather than age three
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Apr 26, 2019
Providers raise caution over petition calling for free childcare for babies
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Apr 26, 2019
30 hours free childcare: spring term 2019
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30-hour childcare
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Mar 28, 2019
Brexit: ‘Give nursery workers priority for visas’
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Scotland
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Mar 22, 2019
Grants aim to boost take-up of free childcare for two-year-olds
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Mar 7, 2019
Government early years policies are 'entrenching disadvantage'
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Feb 7, 2019
Education Committee calls for early years strategy to tackle disadvantage
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Feb 7, 2019
Government failing to tackle social injustice in early years education, say MPs
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Feb 7, 2019
Middle class parents should lose their free nursery hours because childcare policy 'entrenches inequality', MPs say
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Feb 7, 2019
MPs urge end of free nurseries for middle class children to invest in poorer kids
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Feb 7, 2019
Government’s flagship 30-hour free childcare offer ‘entrenches disadvantage’, MPs say
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Feb 7, 2019
MPs blame Government 's 30 hour childcare policy for 'entrenching inequality'
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Feb 7, 2019
30 hours childcare ‘is limiting choice’
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Feb 4, 2019
Warning signs over 30-hour impact on poorer twos
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Jan 25, 2019
The impact of recent government policies on early years provision
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Jan 25, 2019
Councils warn disadvantaged children missing out on funded places
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Nursery places
Dec 19, 2018
30 hours free childcare: autumn term 2018
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Dec 18, 2018
Call for high earners to be 'stripped' of the 30 hours and Tax-Free Childcare
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Affluence
Nov 29, 2018
Strip middle class of free childcare to support needy, says think tank
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Nov 29, 2018
Fall in childcare provision 'puts Scottish Government nursery pledge at risk'
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Nov 27, 2018
Call for 'social mobility impact assessments' following our 30 hours investigation
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Nov 13, 2018
Education Secretary questioned in Parliament over our 30 hours investigation
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Nov 13, 2018
In Focus: 30 hours - the hidden cost
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Nov 12, 2018
Zahawi: Drop in 30 hours childcare take-up 'expected'
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Oct 16, 2018
Scotland: Cash-rich councils ‘are squeezing out private nurseries’
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Oct 15, 2018
Scrap business rates to help struggling nurseries, government urged
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Oct 8, 2018
Sector gives cautious welcome to Labour childcare pledges
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Oct 1, 2018
30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
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Sep 27, 2018
Voice comments on Labour’s childcare plans
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Sep 26, 2018
NEU comment on Jeremy Corbyn speech to Labour Party conference
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Early years
Sep 26, 2018
Response to Labour’s commitment to invest in childcare
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Early years
Sep 26, 2018
Corbyn to announce 'radical expansion' of free childcare
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Sep 25, 2018
What parents think of the free funding offer for two year olds
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Sep 19, 2018
Four in 10 providers see fall in profits due to 30 hours childcare initiative
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Sep 12, 2018
30 hours childcare offer helping balance work and family lives
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Sep 11, 2018
30 hours free childcare: final evaluation of the national rollout
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Sep 11, 2018
Take-up of free early education entitlements
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FEEE
Free childcare
Sep 8, 2018
Ireland: Budget ‘must address the crippling cost of childcare’
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Sep 5, 2018
30-hour free childcare scheme leaves nurseries at risk of closure, charity says
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Sep 4, 2018
Free childcare scheme 'closing' nurseries, education charity says
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Sep 4, 2018
More councils bow to pressure on ‘free’ 30-hour childcare
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Sep 3, 2018
Early years education: What does high-quality provision look like?
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Aug 8, 2018
Researchers criticise lack of evidence for government early years policy
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Aug 8, 2018
Not enough evidence that funded childcare works, say researchers
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Aug 8, 2018
30 hours: one year on
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Aug 6, 2018
SNP council warns childcare ‘revolution’ in doubt over staff shortfall
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Aug 1, 2018
Scotland: Meeting childcare pledge will be hard, council warns
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Aug 1, 2018
Nurseries head to parliament to lobby MPs on childcare funding
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Jul 18, 2018
Scotland: SNP’s big plan for nurseries is ‘just a lick of paint’
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Jul 12, 2018
Daily roundup 5 July: School improvement, Universal Credit and Welsh childcare
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Jul 5, 2018
Nursery owners to lobby MPs on 30 hours
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Jul 5, 2018
Take the stress out the school holidays with Tax-Free Childcare
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Jun 26, 2018
Daily roundup 21 June: Zombie knives, 30 hours childcare, and forced marriage
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Safety
Jun 21, 2018
Free childcare to be extended to foster carers for the first time
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Jun 21, 2018
Foster carers eligible for 30 hours from next term
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Jun 21, 2018
Funding gap leaves nurseries struggling to pay minimum wage
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Jun 20, 2018
Children from poorer families less likely to take up free pre-school place, study finds
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Jun 12, 2018
Free early years schemes 'disproportionately benefit the better-off'
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Jun 12, 2018
Poorer parents are less likely to send their child to pre-school nursery even though it is free, study finds
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Ofsted
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Jun 11, 2018
Higher income families benefit from more free pre-school education
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Nurseries
Jun 11, 2018
Nurseries at ‘crisis point’ over doubling of free care
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Jun 11, 2018
Scotland: Nursery care promise may be dashed by funding issue
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Jun 11, 2018
Scotland: Nurseries ‘will need more money to expand hours’
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Scotland
Jun 11, 2018
Funded places leaving providers out of pocket by millions
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May 25, 2018
Council IT systems can’t cope with stretched hours
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May 14, 2018
30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
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May 10, 2018
30 hours' free childcare offer risks impacting quality of early years education
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Apr 30, 2018
Poor children 'missing out as schools struggle to fund 30 hours childcare offer'
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Apr 30, 2018
'Landmark' childcare funding deal agreed
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Apr 27, 2018
New childcare investment helping families - but high earning couples gain the most
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Apr 20, 2018
Childcare providers 'struggling to stay afloat' due to lack of 30 hours funding
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Apr 19, 2018
When parents in Cardiff are going to get 30-hours free childcare revealed
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Apr 16, 2018
Eligibility for 30 hours childcare passes 375,000 mark
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Apr 13, 2018
Continuing struggle for parents to find a 30 hours place
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Apr 13, 2018
30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
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Apr 12, 2018
30 hours programme is hitting two-year-old places, finds report
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Apr 12, 2018
Cross-party MPs call for the 30 hours to be extended to all pre-school children
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Apr 4, 2018
MPs call for extension of 30 hours childcare to all children
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Mar 28, 2018
London 30-hour childcare funding varies widely
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Mar 27, 2018
Ofsted statistics show an increase in providers exiting the sector since introduction of the 30 hours
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Mar 27, 2018
MPs call on government to increase 30 hours childcare funding
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Mar 26, 2018
30 hours: winners and losers among London childcare providers
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Mar 26, 2018
Help About Early Years measure the true cost of quality childcare
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Mar 26, 2018
Nurseries' inability to pay Scottish Living Wage could impact 30 hours
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Mar 20, 2018
Children's minister to review 30 hours effects on disadvantaged
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Mar 19, 2018
Great British Bake Off star calls for universal free childcare
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Mar 17, 2018
30 hours free childcare: spring term 2018
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Mar 15, 2018
Parents struggling to get 30-hour codes validated
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Mar 15, 2018
Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension
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Mar 14, 2018
One million children could go hungry under new plans for free school meals | Sam Royston
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Mar 13, 2018
Councils receive Government grants to help providers offer the 30 hours
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Mar 8, 2018
30 hours childcare policy - have your say
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Mar 2, 2018
Scotland: Minister Maree Todd: childcare pledge is viable
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Mar 1, 2018
Scotland: We will double free childcare hours by 2020, SNP insists
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Feb 23, 2018
Martyn McLaughlin: Will SNP’s childcare plans institutionalise kids?
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Feb 21, 2018
Nadhim Zahawi 'aware of 30 hours challenges'
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Feb 20, 2018
Scotland's council-run nurseries not meeting needs of working parents
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Feb 20, 2018
Scotland: Free childcare hampered by nursery hours
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Feb 20, 2018
Parents still struggle to find nursery places: Survey casts fresh doubt on SNP's childcare
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Feb 20, 2018
Scotland's spending watchdog raises concern about 30 hours
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Feb 15, 2018
Scottish spending watchdog concerned about nursery funding
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Feb 15, 2018
Nicola Sturgeon warned of major ‘risks’ with SNP childcare plan
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Feb 15, 2018
Watchdog warns of £160 million 'black hole' in Scottish nursery plan
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Feb 15, 2018
Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon’s free childcare policy is damned by official auditors
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Feb 15, 2018
Revealed: £160 million black hole in Sturgeon's childcare plan
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Feb 15, 2018
Cash cuts undermining 30-hours childcare policy
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Feb 12, 2018
More than 25,000 parents yet to receive confirmation of 30 hours childcare place
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Feb 9, 2018
30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
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Feb 8, 2018
Free early years entitlement for 2 year olds under Universal Credit
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Feb 7, 2018
Government responds to consultation on disadvantage support
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Feb 7, 2018
Free early years entitlement for 2 year olds under Universal Credit: equality analysis
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Feb 7, 2018
Ceeda Data: About Early Years 2 - No such thing as free?
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Feb 5, 2018
HMRC has paid out £40,000 in compensation to Tax-Free Childcare parents
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Feb 1, 2018
Parents paid £1m over 'shambles' childcare scheme
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Feb 1, 2018
In the February edition of CYP Now: Mental health special; 30 hours childcare; and adoption investigation
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Jan 31, 2018
Families face hardship due to 'nightmare' childcare system
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Jan 23, 2018
Lack of affordable childcare costing mothers £1.2bn a year in lost earnings
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Jan 23, 2018
Mothers losing out on earnings due to childcare issues, charity warns
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Jan 23, 2018
Nurseries admit asking parents for voluntary contributions
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Jan 18, 2018
Parents are forced to plug gaps in the government's 'free' childcare scheme as nurseries start charging for extras to cover the funding shortfall
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Jan 18, 2018
Providers introduce charges to make 30 hours free childcare viable
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Jan 18, 2018
Parents are ‘paying for free nursery scheme out of their own pockets’
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Jan 18, 2018
'Completely free' 30 hours shunned by most providers
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Jan 18, 2018
Parents shelling out for 'free' nursery scheme
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Jan 18, 2018
Thousands of parents yet to receive 30 hours childcare confirmation
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Jan 15, 2018
Thousands struggle to access childcare on glitchy website
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Jan 15, 2018
More parents applying for 30 hours, but thousands still without a place
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Jan 12, 2018
30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
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Jan 11, 2018
MPs to probe impact of 30 hours free childcare extension
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Jan 5, 2018
MPs to examine fallout of HMRC childcare website failings
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Jan 5, 2018
Parents are wrongly being told they can’t claim 30 hours of free childcare due to glitch with HMRC’s website
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Jan 4, 2018
Education committee finds care system failing foster children
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Dec 22, 2017
Free childcare to be extended to foster carers
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Dec 20, 2017
30-hour childcare to be extended to foster carers next year
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Dec 20, 2017
Free childcare take-up tops 200,000
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Dec 19, 2017
Thousands of UK families miss out on free childcare provision
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Dec 19, 2017
Thousands of parents missing out on 30 hours places
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Dec 19, 2017
30 hours free childcare: autumn term 2017
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Dec 19, 2017
Daily roundup 15 December: Erasmus, harassment advice and childcare funding
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Dec 15, 2017
Government considers U-turn on 30 hours for foster carers
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Dec 14, 2017
Lower earnings cap for Tax-Free Childcare to pay for 30 hours for foster carers
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Dec 11, 2017
PM places the blame for problems with 30 hours on local authorities
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Dec 7, 2017
Should the state provide free childcare for non-working parents?
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Dec 7, 2017
Childcare eligibility changes to extend provision to 8,000 more two-year-olds
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Dec 5, 2017
More children to be eligible for funded two-year-old places
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Dec 5, 2017
Divert childcare handouts from the middle class to the poor, says senior Tory MP
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Dec 5, 2017
Unemployed parents deserve free childcare more than working families, education select committee chair says
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Dec 4, 2017
Views sought on early years education for disadvantaged children
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Dec 4, 2017
Free early years entitlement for 2 year olds under Universal Credit
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Dec 4, 2017
Daily roundup 4 December: Part-time jobs, free childcare, and Universal Credit
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Dec 4, 2017
DfE amends 'misleading' claims on 30 hours on parent website
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Dec 4, 2017
Just 7 per cent of expected parents sign up for Tax-Free Childcare
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Nov 24, 2017
The Chancellor has bought some time on Universal Credit – but the problems are still just beginning
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Nov 23, 2017
Childcare website glitch leaves families struggling
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Nov 20, 2017
Most councils face 30-hour funding rates freeze
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Nov 20, 2017
Childminding in "crisis" despite Scottish Government expansion of free nursery care
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Nov 20, 2017
Government accused of 'failing families' as 1,000 nurseries close in childcare 'crisis'
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Nov 19, 2017
Government delays tax-free childcare rollout
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Nov 16, 2017
Tax-free childcare roll-out delayed for parents with 7 to 12-year-olds
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Nov 15, 2017
Flagship tax-free childcare scheme delayed
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Nov 15, 2017
Tax-Free Childcare full roll-out delayed
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Nov 15, 2017
Scottish Government launches quality childcare action plan
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Nov 1, 2017
Government 'confusion' over early years pledge
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Oct 25, 2017
Welsh providers urged to have their say on 30-hour childcare
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Oct 25, 2017
Concern over further 30-hours confusion in Government
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Oct 25, 2017
Funding available to improve access to childcare for the poorest two-year-olds
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Oct 18, 2017
Thousands of parents 'unable to access 30 hours free childcare'
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Oct 17, 2017
Tracy Brabin: Labour will develop the best possible early years system to build a better society
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Oct 17, 2017
Nurseries challenge childcare minister on 30-hours policy
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Oct 13, 2017
30 hours free childcare: eligibility codes issued and validated
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Oct 12, 2017
Thousands of parents unable to access a 30-hour place
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Oct 12, 2017
Minister says providers are 'up for it' in 30 hours debate
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Oct 12, 2017
David Laws: 30-hours free childcare policy 'utterly nuts'
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Oct 12, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon to promise childcare provision 'unmatched' in UK
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Oct 10, 2017
Scotland: SNP’s £420m extra for childcare part of ten-year power plan
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Oct 10, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon to spend a billion on childcare
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Oct 10, 2017
MPs to debate 30-hour funding
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Oct 9, 2017
Daily Roundup 9 October: Child-on-child abuse, unaccompanied children, and online hate crime
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Oct 9, 2017
Free childcare extension could widen gap between rich and poor, says charity
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Sep 28, 2017
30-hour free childcare plan would widen school readiness gap
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Sep 28, 2017
Parents being held back in their careers by lack of childcare
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Sep 19, 2017
Education select committee 'to prioritise social justice and productivity'
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Sep 14, 2017
Third of parents 'yet to access 30 hours childcare'
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Sep 11, 2017
Parents still struggling to access 30-hours places
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Sep 8, 2017
Delivery of 30 hours 'challenging' for biggest nursery groups
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Sep 6, 2017
Underfunded nurseries need a happy ending
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Sep 6, 2017
Thousands of parents do not understand Tax-Free Childcare
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Sep 5, 2017
Nursery staff 'require pay cut' for 30 hours childcare to be sustainable
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Sep 4, 2017
Settings warn their viability is at risk under 30 hours
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Sep 4, 2017
Fresh funding concerns emerge as free 30 hour childcare launches
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Sep 1, 2017
New DfE report on 30 hours free childcare pilot
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Sep 1, 2017
There’s no such thing as a free lunch — or free childcare
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Sep 1, 2017
Pledge of 30 hours ‘free’ childcare will cost parents dear
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Sep 1, 2017
Failure to invest in early years provision risks creating “lost generation” and hitting social mobility, warns senior Labour MP
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Aug 31, 2017
'Parents to face additional charges' for 30 hours childcare
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Aug 31, 2017
Three-quarters of extra childcare funding to benefit richest 50% - thinktank
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Aug 31, 2017
Early roll-out study shows childcare providers 'willing and able' to offer 30 hours
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Aug 31, 2017
Early rollout of 30 hours free childcare: evaluation
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Aug 31, 2017
30 hours free childcare launches
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Aug 31, 2017
Over half of parents apply for free 30 hours' childcare
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Aug 31, 2017
Almost two-fifths of providers think 30 hours will lead to their closure
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Aug 31, 2017
Failure to invest in early years for the disadvantaged will create 'lost generation'
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Aug 31, 2017
Education charity warns of 30 hour free childcare 'chaos'
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Aug 31, 2017
Labour accuses government of failing parents on 30 hours free childcare offer
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Aug 23, 2017
Benefits freeze adds to cost of raising children for low-income families
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Aug 22, 2017
Daily roundup 11 August: Childcare website, custody figures, and abuse case
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Aug 11, 2017
Nurseries to charge parents and restrict places for 30 hours offer
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Aug 11, 2017
Morgan demands answers on 30 hours' free childcare website glitches
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Aug 4, 2017
Government’s flagship free childcare scheme is already leading to nursery closures, sector warns
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Jul 25, 2017
Essex nursery 'closes because of universal free hours scheme'
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Jul 25, 2017
SEED: Report reveals benefits of ECEC at age three
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Jul 24, 2017
Childcare service opens for parents with children under five
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Jul 19, 2017
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Jul 18, 2017
Sector slams DfE for failing to address 30-hour childcare challenges
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Jul 17, 2017
30 hours free childcare: early implementation evaluation
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Jul 17, 2017
Childcare providers in 30 hours trial report fall in profits
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Jul 17, 2017
Three-quarters of Cambridgeshire children's centres face axe
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Jul 13, 2017
Labour calls on sector to take part in 30-hours survey
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Jul 13, 2017
Labour appoints shadow childcare minister
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Jul 3, 2017
Nursery free hours extra cash worth 'less than a stamp'
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Jun 30, 2017
Warning over impact of academy expansion on school-based childcare
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Jun 29, 2017
APPG eyes launch
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Jun 26, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 23 June 2017
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Jun 23, 2017
Early years places 'must reach poorest'
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Jun 21, 2017
Queen’s Speech 2017: Free school meals to stay
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Jun 21, 2017
Tories' 30-hour free childcare plan fails to target poor families, says expert
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Jun 21, 2017
UK 'bottom of the league' for free early education
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Jun 21, 2017
International study calls for more early years funding to close the gap
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Jun 21, 2017
Tories 'set to review childcare ratios', expert claims
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Jun 6, 2017
'How much will it cost!?' Corbyn reaches for iPad as he fails to explain childcare policy
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May 31, 2017
Labour say free childcare proposals would benefit 1.3 million children
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May 30, 2017
SNP manifesto: party commits to introduction of 30 hours
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May 30, 2017
Labour sets out universal childcare plans
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May 30, 2017
Labour childcare plans 'to benefit 1.3m additional children'
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May 30, 2017
Corbyn unable to give cost of childcare pledge in interview
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May 30, 2017
General election special: How the election might affect you
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May 28, 2017
Think-tank weighs up parties' childcare policies
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May 26, 2017
Parties accused of not spelling out consequences of manifestos
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May 26, 2017
30 hours free childcare: eligibility
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May 26, 2017
'I don't know how we will fund nursery staff' (video)
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May 26, 2017
UKIP manifesto: parents can use unregulated childcare for funded hours
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May 25, 2017
Green Party pledges universal free early education for all children
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May 22, 2017
Greens promise universal early education and later formal school start
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May 22, 2017
What the manifestos say on early years
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May 19, 2017
Lib Dems pledge £5.8bn for England's school budgets
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May 17, 2017
Labour’s childcare proposals: Transforming formal care
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May 17, 2017
Lib Dems would extend free childcare and triple EYPP
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May 17, 2017
Only Labour will guarantee every child, no matter what their background, gets the care they deserve
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May 16, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon celebrates 'record exam levels' as she ignores SNP's education failures
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May 16, 2017
Labour manifesto pledges £25bn package for education
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May 16, 2017
Labour Party Manifesto - towards a National Education Service
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May 16, 2017
Labour manifesto: the full list of schools policies
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May 16, 2017
Labour manifesto recognises importance of early years
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May 16, 2017
Labour pledges free childcare for every family in £5billion vow as it launches landmark election manifesto
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May 15, 2017
Parents should be offered 'childcare passport'
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May 15, 2017
Labour’s tuition fee pledge has given every student a reason to vote
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May 12, 2017
Childcare sector tells politicians: ‘No rash promises’
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May 12, 2017
The Global Search for Education: Meet the Ministers – from Scotland – John Swinney
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May 12, 2017
Leaked Labour manifesto pledges free childcare for two-year-olds
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May 11, 2017
Labour proposes greater early years investment and 30 hours extension
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May 11, 2017
Labour would 'scrap tuition fees once and for all', John McDonnell announces
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May 10, 2017
John McDonnell confirms Labour government would axe tuition fees
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May 10, 2017
Providers criticise 'vague' free childcare guidance
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Apr 24, 2017
Tax-Free Childcare goes live
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Apr 24, 2017
DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils
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Apr 24, 2017
Tax-Free Childcare launches today for children under four
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Apr 21, 2017
30 hours free childcare: LA and early years provider guide
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Apr 21, 2017
Family and Childcare Trust urges next government to make childcare work for families
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Apr 21, 2017
Theresa May announces general election for 8 June
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Apr 18, 2017
Call to replace 30 hours with means-tested system
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Apr 18, 2017
Call for 30-hour childcare to be scrapped in favour of means-testing system
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Apr 18, 2017
Nearly one in five nurseries set to make a loss
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Apr 18, 2017
Sector urges parties to prioritise children's issues in general election
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Apr 18, 2017
NDNA urges 30 hours rethink in wake of survey
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Apr 16, 2017
Editor’s view - Our survey says...
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Apr 16, 2017
PACEY awarded £400k to support childminders to deliver 30 hours
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Apr 12, 2017
Government announces £50m childcare investment ahead of 30 hours policy
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Apr 11, 2017
Families to benefit from £55 million boost to childcare schemes
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Apr 11, 2017
Tories race to fulfil childcare pledge
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Apr 11, 2017
Most parents unlikely to get extra free childcare
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Apr 4, 2017
Free nursery hours plan risks higher fees, say campaigners
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Apr 3, 2017
Less than half of providers to offer 30-hour free childcare
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Apr 3, 2017
More parents taking up pilot 30-hours than expected
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Apr 3, 2017
Scotland's Blueprint for 2020 sets out early years and childcare plans
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Mar 24, 2017
New research predicts shortfall of nurseries offering extended free hours in Scotland
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Mar 23, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon's free childcare policy under fire as nurseries cannot afford it
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Mar 23, 2017
Nursery concerns to be addressed
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Mar 23, 2017
30 hours free childcare: eligibility
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Mar 22, 2017
New Childcare Choices parents' website goes live
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Mar 22, 2017
One in ten nursery workers paid below the minimum wage
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Mar 17, 2017
Government denies that Budget adjustments indicate 30-hour places shortfall
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Mar 17, 2017
Government refusing to reveal details of work by childcare taskforce
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Mar 15, 2017
Parents missing out on free places because councils failing to follow guidance
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Mar 13, 2017
Budget: Critics attack lack of action on free childcare funding
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Mar 8, 2017
Pilot provider warns 30-hour free childcare initiative is 'economic suicide'
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Mar 7, 2017
Mixed response to DfE's new model agreement
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Mar 6, 2017
Daily roundup 3 March: school funding, free childcare, and child death
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Mar 3, 2017
Cost of childcare remains too high for parents, charity warns
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Mar 2, 2017
Scottish parents face childcare costs hike
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Mar 2, 2017
Relief for Welsh parents as childcare prices drop – but not enough childcare available for working parents
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Mar 2, 2017
Sky high London childcare costs are a third more than national average
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Mar 2, 2017
Hard working parents torpedoed by stubbornly high childcare costs
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Mar 2, 2017
Fresh setback for 30-hour nursery place scheme
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Feb 24, 2017
DfE data reveals 10,000 fewer childcare providers plan to offer 30-hour places
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Feb 23, 2017
Tens of thousands of providers don't plan to offer 30 hour childcare
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Feb 23, 2017
Campaigners lodge complaint against Government on 30 hours 'price fixing'
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Feb 20, 2017
More than 500,000 children to miss out on free 30 hours childcare
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Feb 13, 2017
Quality of childcare put at risk by extending free hours of childcare
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Feb 8, 2017
Councils uncertain about delivery of 30-hours free childcare pledge, survey finds
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Feb 8, 2017
Childcare provision under risk as councils funding runs out
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Feb 8, 2017
'30 hours at risk of not living up to parents' expectations'
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Feb 8, 2017
Many councils unsure over extended childcare provision
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Feb 8, 2017
Uncertainty over 30 hours free childcare, say councils
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Feb 8, 2017
Sector fury over TV show's claims of free hours money grabbing
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Feb 7, 2017
Government urged to scrap universal funded childcare
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Feb 6, 2017
Free nursery hours subsidising the rich, report says
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Feb 6, 2017
Free childcare ‘does not work and should be scrapped’
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Feb 6, 2017
Nursery schools: ‘What society gives children less chance than their parents?’
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Jan 31, 2017
Four more councils to join free childcare pilot
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Jan 27, 2017
Parents’ views and demand for 30 hours of free childcare
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Jan 27, 2017
Thousands could miss out on free childcare, warns lobby group
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Jan 20, 2017
Free childcare plan faces places pinch, warns lobby group
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Jan 20, 2017
Cash threat to expansion of nursery policy
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Jan 16, 2017
Free childcare pledge for homeless children in Ireland
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Dec 19, 2016
IFS unconvinced on impact of 30-hour free childcare
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Dec 12, 2016
Autumn Statement: Key measures and reaction
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Nov 23, 2016
Autumn Statement 2016: What could it mean for education & young people’s mental health?
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Nov 21, 2016
Budget threat to roll-out of flagship free nursery policy
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Nov 19, 2016
Charity calls for £111m to boost early years quality
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