31 August 2010
There is 'overwhelming' support among most early years practitioners for the EYFS framework, new Government research by the Institute of Education suggests.
2 August 2010
Income-related out-of-work benefits and tax credits could be replaced by a single payment, under plans revealed by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.
22 June 2010
Unions and charities have warned that families and low-paid public sector workers will be the hardest hit by cuts in tax credits and benefits and the rise in VAT to...
15 June 2010
The EYFS should be axed and funding for Sure Start should be devolved to local authorities according to a report by a right-leaning think-tank, the Centre for Policy Studies.
3 June 2010
The Department for Education has finally confirmed what areas of responsibilities each of its ministers is to have in the new Government.
25 May 2010
More details of where the Government's axe will fall have emerged, with children's play, literacy initiatives and childcare subsidies for parents training to get back into work all due to...
24 May 2010
The Children's Workforce and Development Council (CWDC) is to have its budget slashed by £15m over the next year after being named as one of the first victims of Government...
20 May 2010
Details of what the next five years has in store for children, families, Sure Start and early years education under the new coalition Government were published today.
18 May 2010
The early years sector is waiting anxiously for clarification on how early years and childcare fits into the new coalition Government's agenda following the announcement that the DCSF has been...
18 May 2010
Sarah Teather and Tim Loughton have the brief for children and families.