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A few years ago it would have been hard to imagine a Labour Party conference where the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the education secretary all made childcare a major...

A Labour conference pledge of universal, affordable childcare for all in ten years can only be realised with substantial investment to ensure sufficiently trained and qualified staff, providers and practitioners...

The National Childminding Association (NCMA) is calling on all political parties to 'put families first' and commit themselves to quality childcare in their manifestos ahead of the next general election....

(Photograph) - Chief secretary to the Treasury Paul Boateng took a break from the Labour Party conference to join children for a picnic on Brighton beach, organised by the campaign...

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) urged the Prime Minister to invest in high- quality, affordable and sustainable childcare. The NDNA used the conference to launch its policy paper, 'Promoting...

Almost half of all parents find it difficult to know which foods are healthy for their children, according to new research by the health education charity Developing Patient Partnerships. It...

The latest immunisationstatistics from the NHS show that only 80 per cent of children under two received the MMR vaccine in 2003-04. This represents a 2 per cent drop from...

Children aged five to 18 are being invited to take part in National Schools Film Week. It runs from 7 to 15 October in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and...

Registered childminders in Northern Ireland can be nominated by their parent customers for the Childminder of the Year award. Candidates must be members of the Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA)....

Parents are being urged to fill in time diaries as part of the National Family and Parenting Institute's nationwide research into how parents spend their time and what modern-day pressures...