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Puppetry is influenced by the Japanese tradition of Banraku.
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‘Sheep-themed silliness’ to make Edinburgh Fringe debut!

Families
The Early Intervention Foundation and What Works for Children's Social Care are to merge PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Early Intervention Foundation and What Works for Children’s Social care to merge

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Figures obtained by the NSPCC show a sharp jump in rates of child cruelty and neglect in a single year PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Child cruelty rise of 25 per cent in a year 'very worrying'

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Kellogg's has failed in its legal challenge to overturn rules preventing its cereal from displayed 'prominently' in supermarkets PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Kellogg's loses high court battle over display of sugary cereals in supermarket

Families
Joseph Coelho, children's author, performance poet and playwright is the new children's laureate, PHOTO David Bebber
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Author and performance poet Joseph Coelho is the new children's laureate

Families
The Government is consulting on increasing the number of two-year-olds nursery and pre-school staff can care for in settings PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Ministers launch consultation on childcare ratio changes

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More children in lone parent families are now living in relative poverty, while families with young children are particularly vulnerable to the cost in living crisis, according to two separate pieces of research, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Rise in children of lone parents living in poverty

Birth to Threes
The Government proposes allowing childminders more flexibility with ratios when looking after their own children or siblings of other children they already care for PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Ministers seek to attract more childminders by 'streamlining' Ofsted registration process

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Tina Haux, director of NatCen's Centre for Children and Families
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How NatCen's new Centre for Children and Families will take research to a new level

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The Scottish Government programme will provide healthy food and childcare to low-income families over the summer holidays, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Scotland to launch programme to support families at risk of poverty this summer

Families
The report from the EIF, Race Equality Foundation and Action for Children highlights the negative experiences of ethnic minority families when trying to access family support services PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Family support services need to do more to help minority ethnic families - report

Policy & Politics
The latest DfE statistics include figures on the take-up of childcare funding and how many providers are offering places, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Number of children in receipt of early years pupil premium at record high

Funding
The Covid inquiry will now look at the impact the pandemic has had on very young children, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Covid inquiry to now consider the pandemic's impact on children in the early years

Coronavirus
Laura Weir, manager of Rosedene nursery, Hardwick: 'We are seeing the damaging effects of the ever-growing cost-of-living crisis, so we felt it was responsible to do something to help'
News

Analysis: Early years settings step up support for families as cost of living crisis hits

Analysis
Parent Rachel Massey is calling for the funded childcare hours to be available as soon as a child turns three rather than the term after PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Petition urges Government to make funded childcare available as soon as a child turns three

Funding
Annie Crombie: 'At a time when many libraries were starting to re-open after a period of restrictions due to Covid-19, the pilot helped library staff reconnect with their local communities'
Opinion

'Our work to get children reading has never been more urgent'

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