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Howard will give power to parents

18 November 2004

Childcare plans unveiled by the Conservative Party last week emphasised the role of families, not Government, in determining how children are brought up. Early years organisations welcomed the opposition's interest...

Children can relax 'under the sea'

18 November 2004

(Photograph) - Children can relax 'under the sea' in an aquatic kingdom at the Mystery Day Nursery in Liverpool. The sensory room includes images of fish projected on to the...

British Heart Foundation survey

18 November 2004

Four out of five parents do not worry whether their children take enough exercise, according to a survey by the British Heart Foundation. Only a quarter of children do the...

The number of children in Scotlands schools

18 November 2004

The number of children in Scotland's primary, secondary and special schools has fallen by 8,300 since September 2003. The biggest decrease was in the primary sector, where enrolment dropped by...

Correction

18 November 2004

The Childcare Corporation was omitted from the reprinted Nursery Chains league table (News, 11 November). It should be at position 11 with 1,252 places and 13 settings. All groups listed...

'Abolish rates' call as costs rocket

18 November 2004

The private daycare sector is at risk of being crippled by rising business rates, the National Day Nurseries Association warned last week. Rates have shot up so high in some...

Jane Hutt gets in the swing of play

18 November 2004

(Photograph) - Health Minister Jane Hutt gets in the swing of play with Olivia Muse, eight, from Sully, Fern Esson, eight, from Tongwynlais and Stephen and Joe Rowley, aged eight...

Wales sets up play strategy

18 November 2004

Wales is set to become the first part of the UK to adopt a national strategy for play. Last week the Welsh Assembly Government launched an eight-week public consultation that...

Media watch

18 November 2004

'The childcare election battle begins,' the BBC said last week as it described the techniques used by Labour and the Tories to woo working parents. In The Times, Janice Turner...

'Provision needs social enterprise'

18 November 2004

Social enterprise could solve the problem of sustainable childcare provision, according to the charity 4Children. Its new manifesto, 'Creating new solutions', argues that while start-up funding for new childcare provision...

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