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The survey by Barnardo's reveals the scale of 'bed poverty', PHOTO: Barnardo's
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Children forced to sleep on the floor or on soiled and mouldy bedding due to poverty

Child Poverty
Take part in our survey looking at the impact of the cost of living crisis on early years and childcare staff PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Take part in our cost of living survey

Families
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Early years experts claim the DfE has deemed them 'unsuitable' for events after monitoring their social media

Policy & Politics
Jade Ward was killed by her former partner and the father of her children in 2021, PHOTO: North Wales Police
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'Jade's law' introduced to better protect children from harm

Safeguarding
The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced plans to increase the national living wage next year, PHOTO: GOV.UK
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Increasing minimum wage to £11ph would be the 'final nail in the coffin' for early years

Funding
There were 216 nursery closures in England compared with 144 during 2021-22, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Nursery closures increased by 50 per cent in a year

Provision
New research by Nesta predicts the number of early years professionals needed to meet increased demand for childcare with the extended 30 hours, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Early years workforce must grow by 8 per cent to deliver the expansion of the 30 hours

Research
The SNMA says that many children in nurseries and schools are missing out on free milk, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Children missing out on free nursery and school milk

Provision
Two agencies have announced they are to close down
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LONG READ: Closure of childminder agencies sparks doubts about the future of the model

Analysis
The IFS report highlights underfunding of the early years entitlement, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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The poorest children will be locked out of the extended entitlement

Policy & Politics
Family First chief executive Ollie Humphries is one of three directors that has left the nursery group, PHOTO: Family First
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Three directors leave Family First as one of UK's largest nursery groups 'evolves' its leadership team

Business
Some nurseries are advising parents not to send children in Croc style shoes as they believe they are a 'trip hazard'
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Nurseries ban children from wearing Crocs

Provision
Theirworld's President Justin van Fleet and Chair Sarah Brown meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the third Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen hosted in Kyiv, Ukraine on 6th September 2023
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Global children's charity partners with the Ukraine Government to reform early education

Policy & Politics
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Number of graduates in nurseries 'plummeted' over last decade

Careers & Training
Speech and Language UK has set out an 'ambitious' five-year strategy to help children struggling with talking and understanding words, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Charity's five year strategy aims to help all children with speech and language challenges

Children's Speech & Language
School staff surveyed reported being taken away from their roles to help combat child poverty, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Child poverty 'ripping' through schools and taking staff away from their 'core' roles to help

Families