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As another year draws to a close, a look back at some of the issues we've covered in Nursery World reveals just what a busy year 2003 was. The proposals...

The Government's decision to give tax relief of Pounds 50 a week for all employer-supported registered childcare has been warmly welcomed by early years organisations. The childcare tax relief, which...

The Government is committed to delivering and expanding its Sure Start programme in England in the long term, says education secretary Charles Clarke. He told delegates at a conference in...

The charity Barnardo's has had to withdraw its most recent advertising campaign, 'There are no silver spoons for children born into poverty', after a record 466 complaints were made to...

A resource for leaders and teams working in parent and toddler groups has been produced jointly by the Salvation Army, Care for the Family and the Mothers' Union. The Good...

'The idea had been that a child is like a miniature adult who learns in the same way as an adult - if I want to know something, I find...

A scheme that is boosting the retention and recruitment rates of early years and childcare professionals by providing one-to-one mentoring support during training is among 17 local authority and Sure...

Disadvantaged parents across Scotland are to receive £10m of funding to help them with their childcare costs so they can access training and employment. The Scottish Executive said it hoped...

More than 2,000 nursery nurses, parents and children took to the streets of Dundee last week demanding a Scotland-wide settlement to Unison's dispute over better pay and career structure for...

Targets to reduce world poverty will not be met without a concerted effort to ensure that girls have access to education, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has warned. Unicef's...