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Pre-School Learning Alliance warns of debt danger in childcare loan plan

By Catherine Gaunt, nurseryworld.co.uk, 10 February 12, 12:31

The early years and childcare organisation has slammed proposals put forward by a think-tank to allow working parents to borrow up to £10,000 to pay for childcare.

Mothers going back to work pushed into lower-paid jobs

By Katy Morton, nurseryworld.co.uk, 09 February 12, 07:00

Women are being forced into lower-skilled, part-time work after having children, according to a new survey.

Think-tank proposes scheme to make childcare more affordable

By Catherine Gaunt, nurseryworld.co.uk, 08 February 12, 12:17

Parents would be able to borrow up to £10,000 to pay for the cost of childcare which they would then pay back on a monthly basis through the tax system, under plans proposed by the think-tank the Soci...

National Childcare Contribution Scheme: a better beginning

By Ryan Shorthouse, researcher at the Social Market Foundation, nurseryworld.co.uk, 08 February 12, 10:50

Ryan Shorthouse explains the thinking behind the Social Market Foundation's proposal for a scheme to increase the affordability of childcare

Campaigners to draw up 'alternative' EYFS

By Catherine Gaunt, nurseryworld.co.uk, 07 February 12, 01:46

A new group made up of academics and practitioners will draft an alternative early years curriculum, amid concerns that the review of the EYFS does not go far enough in reforming the current early yea...

Babies are people

By Dr Penelope Leach, nurseryworld.co.uk, 07 February 12, 11:12

All peope have rights, so what about babies' rights? asks Penelope Leach Ph.D, C.Psychol, FBPsS

Penelope Leach backs NSPCC babies' rights campaign

By Liz Roberts, nurseryworld.co.uk, 07 February 12, 10:57

The NSPCC is calling for babies' rights to be better protected under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), as part of its 'All Babies Count' campaign.

One in four babies in families with 'multiple risks' to development

By Catherine Gaunt, nurseryworld.co.uk, 07 February 12, 06:11

More than a quarter of children in the UK are growing up in families with a number of difficulties, including financial hardship and parental depression, that are risking their cognitive and behaviour...

Councils reply to clawback claims for NEG

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 06 February 12, 12:00

In our previous issue, Nursery World revealed how nurseries around the country were losing thousands of pounds of free entitlement funding because councils were reclaiming money for some of the 15 hou...

Ex-Sure Start director calls for defence of universal access to centres

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 06 February 12, 12:00

The first director of Sure Start, Naomi Eisenstadt, has voiced her concerns about the Government's targeting of the 'neediest children' at the expense of all children, which she said risked pushing mo...