Government to look at ways to reduce childcare costs
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  • Apr 26, 2022
Parents fighting councils over nursery closures say it’s time for a national childcare protest
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  • Apr 25, 2022
Labour: Average nursery place cost soars by nearly £1,500 in five years
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  • Apr 4, 2022
Boris Johnson set to launch radical shake-up of childcare rules to help ease cost of living crisis
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  • Mar 29, 2022
Parents struggle to afford childcare, while ‘skyrocketing costs’ force providers to increase fees
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  • Mar 28, 2022
Parents choosing between paying for food and childcare as providers forced to raise fees
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  • Mar 25, 2022
Spiralling childcare forcing parents to quit work because they're spending more than a third of their pay on fees
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  • Mar 25, 2022
Rising childcare costs and decline in availability of places needs ‘immediate’ action by Government
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  • Mar 22, 2022
‘Immediate’ Government action needed on rising childcare costs and drop in availability of places
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  • Mar 22, 2022
Survey shows UK parents are locked out of work due to rising childcare fees
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  • Mar 22, 2022
New poll shows working parents spend ‘huge proportion’ of pay on childcare
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  • Mar 17, 2022
Disadvantaged parents spending a third of income of childcare
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  • Mar 17, 2022
Parents spending a ‘huge chunk’ of their pay on childcare - survey
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  • Mar 17, 2022
Preschool kids' parents are spending a third of all their wages on childcare
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Mar 17, 2022
Childcare costs placing huge pressure on family budgets - TUC
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  • Mar 17, 2022
Nursery fees rise in more than a third of local authorities in England in the last year
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  • Mar 9, 2021
Childcare costs rise above inflation, as providers struggle to remain sustainable
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  • Mar 9, 2021
Childcare costs increased in a third of local authorities during pandemic, analysis shows
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  • Mar 9, 2021
Nursery costs have risen 4% since start of Covid despite 'free childcare' promise
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  • Mar 9, 2021
Childcare costs rise by 4% over the last year as providers struggle to remain sustainable during the pandemic
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  • Mar 8, 2021
Nurseries fear refund claims following top-up fee ruling
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  • Mar 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
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
Nurseries and childminders that rely on parent fees risk closure after lockdown - study
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  • Sep 4, 2020
Nurseries that charged full fees in lockdown despite being forced to close may have broken the law
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  • Jul 28, 2020
Watchdog warns over nurseries charging parents unfair fees
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  • Jul 28, 2020
Nurseries face court for charging fees during coronavirus lockdown
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  • Jul 28, 2020
Consumer watchdog issues advice to nurseries over lockdown fees
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  • Jul 28, 2020
Childcare leaders criticise inclusion of nurseries in consumer watchdog probe
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  • Apr 30, 2020
UK watchdog to investigate parents' complaints against nurseries over fees
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  • Apr 30, 2020
Nearly third of nurseries still charging fees despite Covid-19 closures
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  • Apr 9, 2020
Nursery fee nightmare: Parents with no child care still facing bills for next term
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  • Apr 7, 2020
Coronavirus: 'I was asked for £430 a month for my shut nursery'
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  • Apr 7, 2020
Edinburgh private nurseries still charging parents despite closing due to coronavirus
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  • Apr 3, 2020
Should I still be paying nursery fees now they've been ordered to shut?
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  • Mar 26, 2020
Coronavirus: Providers back petition for emergency funding to save parents paying fees
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  • Mar 20, 2020
Empty nurseries ask parents to pay thousands of pounds of fees
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  • Mar 19, 2020
Early years childcare fees regulations
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  • Mar 17, 2020
Cost of childcare 'punishing' for working parents
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  • Mar 10, 2020
Sharp rise in childcare costs for families
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Feb 26, 2020
Childcare costs surge at over double the rate of inflation
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Feb 26, 2020
Scottish families face rising childcare costs, with annual bill of almost £5,800
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Childcare Nursery fees Scotland
  • Feb 26, 2020
London families now face annual childcare bill of £8,600
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Feb 26, 2020
Childcare costs rise above inflation
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Feb 26, 2020
Childcare costs: Parents of children under two pay 5% more
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  • Feb 26, 2020
Parents face soaring nursery fees to cover costs of free childcare policy
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  • Feb 26, 2020
Childcare provider costs rocket by 20 per cent
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Nov 7, 2019
Scottish childcare costs rise by quarter despite reforms to ease burden
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Scotland Childcare Nursery fees
  • Jul 24, 2019
'Soaring' holiday childcare costs pushing parents into debt, warns charity
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Childcare Nursery fees Parents Finances
  • Jul 2, 2019
Rising childcare costs and patchy availability lock London parents out of full-time work
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  • Jun 5, 2019
Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos
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  • Apr 15, 2019
Underfunding pushing up costs for parents, suggests new research
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  • Mar 28, 2019
Childcare costs continue to rise across the UK
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Feb 28, 2019
Scottish families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again
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Childcare Nursery fees Scotland
  • Feb 28, 2019
Families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Feb 28, 2019
Welsh families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again
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Childcare Nursery fees Wales
  • Feb 28, 2019
This is how much UK parents are paying for nursery each week
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Feb 28, 2019
Childcare costs jump again to hit £127 a week and that's just for part time
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Feb 28, 2019
Childcare costs rise by 3 per cent in a year
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  • Feb 28, 2019
Ireland: Childcare costs ‘like a second mortgage
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Ireland Childcare Nursery fees
  • Nov 30, 2018
Majority of struggling parents 'put off work' due to childcare costs
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Childcare Nursery fees Nurseries Parents
  • Nov 29, 2018
Parents pay the price for 30 hours "free" childcare - as nurseries hike fees to cover it
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  • Nov 13, 2018
More than half of nurseries put up their fees last year
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  • Nov 12, 2018
Ireland: Childcare fees at risk of increase in budget
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  • Oct 11, 2018
Childcare Costs report
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  • Sep 11, 2018
Ireland: Budget ‘must address the crippling cost of childcare’
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  • Sep 5, 2018
Ireland: Childcare costs push women out of workforce, says study
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  • Sep 4, 2018
Working parents are struggling as nursery fees rise three times faster than wages
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Sep 3, 2018
Ireland: Zappone - I know childcare costs too much
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  • Aug 21, 2018
Universal Credit families denied help with 'sky high' upfront childcare fees
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  • Jun 21, 2018
Angry Glasgow parents facing 50% increase in nursery fees
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  • Jun 1, 2018
Rates hike for private school nurseries ‘is discrimination’
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  • Apr 14, 2018
Childcare prices surge at double rate of inflation, undermining Government’s new investments
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  • Feb 28, 2018
Childcare: Do UK parents pay the most in the world?
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Childcare Nursery fees
  • Feb 13, 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
Thousands struggle to access childcare on glitchy website
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  • Jan 15, 2018
Childminding in "crisis" despite Scottish Government expansion of free nursery care
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  • Nov 20, 2017
Childcare minister claims 30 hours success but ready to listen
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  • Nov 13, 2017
Edinburgh childcare costs 'almost as much as mortgage'
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  • Oct 25, 2017
Childcare costs rise seven times faster than income
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  • Oct 20, 2017
Childcare costs have risen four times faster than wages
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  • Oct 20, 2017
Big groups limit places and charge for extras
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  • Sep 18, 2017
UK parents spend more on childcare than in other OECD countries
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  • Sep 12, 2017
Settings warn their viability is at risk under 30 hours
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  • Sep 4, 2017
Q&A re offer to help working payments with nursery fees
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  • Sep 2, 2017
There’s no such thing as a free lunch — or free childcare
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Financial Times FT Childcare Nurseries Free childcare 30-hour childcare Funding Nursery fees
  • Sep 1, 2017
Pledge of 30 hours ‘free’ childcare will cost parents dear
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Times Early years Free childcare 30-hour childcare Nursery fees Parents
  • Sep 1, 2017
'Parents to face additional charges' for 30 hours childcare
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CYPN Childcare 30-hour childcare Free childcare Nursery fees
  • Aug 31, 2017
Nurseries to charge parents and restrict places for 30 hours offer
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  • Aug 11, 2017
Updated 30 hours guide sets out expectation that parents pay for meals
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  • Jul 20, 2017
Council nurseries consider charging parents of funded twos for meals
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  • Jul 14, 2017
The future of childcare in London: Devolving funding for greater affordability, access and equality
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IPPR Childcare London Nursery fees Disadvantaged pupils Childcare places
  • Apr 10, 2017
Free nursery hours plan risks higher fees, say campaigners
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  • Apr 3, 2017
Parents 'stuck' in disputes over cross-border nursery funding
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  • Mar 13, 2017