Children's Plan promises places for two-year-olds

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 13 December 2007

More nursery places for two-year-olds from poorer families are expected to be announced by the DCSF this week as part of the ten-year Children's Plan.

As Nursery World went to press, children's secretary Ed Balls was due to reveal details to MPs on Tuesday. The plan will also include a review of what primary school children are taught, and issues such as the impact of advertising amid concerns about the 'commercialisation of childhood'. Mr Balls also pledged £90m for short breaks for disabled children at an End Child Poverty event on Monday. The money will be distributed by the UK-wide...

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