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Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged to reform childcare PHOTO Twitter

News 9 March 2023

Labour analysis shows growing cost of childcare for parents

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The Women's Budget Group wants the Chancellor to commit to adequately fund childcare, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 3 March 2023

Chancellor urged to boost childcare funding by estimated shortfall

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Boris Johnson visiting a nursery in Greenford during the pandemic

News 27 April 2022

PM's plans to reduce staff to child ratios in nurseries to cut childcare costs slammed as 'ludicrous'

Childcare Costs

News 24 March 2022

Councils underspent £55m in early years funding which failed to reach providers

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Early years funding announced in October's spending review is a fraction of what was initially announced PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 27 January 2022

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

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Early years settings remain concerned about the impact of wage rises and other costs PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 25 November 2021

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

Funding

Sarah Mackenzie: 'How would we design this if we had a blank piece of paper?'

Opinion 23 November 2021

Rethinking the system

Sarah Mackenzie

The Sutton Trust has called it a 'national scandal' that the poorest three and four-year-olds are 'locked out' of the 30 hours policy

News 19 August 2021

Make 30 hours funded childcare universal to close the attainment gap

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Ministers have claimed that new early years funding rates will cover national minimum and living wages increases but has yet to publish calculations to demonstrate this PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 4 August 2021

Early years Alliance files complaint over DfE refusal to release funding data

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The Government statistics reveal the number of disadvantaged two-year-olds registered for a funded place are down to 2008 rates

News 2 July 2021

'Substantial’ drop in take-up of funded places fuels concern for early years sector

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Local authorities kept back more than £55m in early education funding in 2019/20, according to the FOI findings

News 2 February 2021

Councils have millions in unspent early years funding, investigation reveals

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The Local Government Ombudsman said that nurseries must be transparent when invoicing parents for the free entitlement funding

News 28 January 2021

Local government watchdog warns nurseries over top-up fees for 'free entitlement'

Childcare Costs

Sector organisations say the funding rates show 'a lack of respect' for the sector's hard work and dedication during the pandemic

News 18 December 2020

Early years settings condemn Government for 'miniscule' funding rise

Coronavirus

News 27 October 2020

Coronavirus: Eligibility extended for 30 hours and Tax-Free Childcare for the second time

Coronavirus

Features 16 March 2020

Nursery Management: Funding - Make or break

Funding

Funded childcare - should it be free, subsidised, or a mixed model?

News 2 March 2020

Exclusive: Sector survey finds mixed views on 'free' childcare entitlements

Funding

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