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Working Families has written to the PM with a list of policy areas where it believes change is needed, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Charity urges Prime Minister to do more to help working parents

Families
Children in Pakistan, one of the countries where global development organisation Right to Play works 'on using the power of play to transform children's lives'. PHOTO Right to Play
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UN passes resolution to create an International Day of Play for children across the world

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Robert Halfon, skills minister and MP for Harlow, is stepping down from his role, PHOTO: Nursery World
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Minister for skills and apprenticeships Robert Halfon quits

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New research by Pregnant The Screwed suggests parents will continue to struggle to pay for childcare despite the expanded entitlement coming in from next month, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Estimate that the expanded offer will save families up to £6,500 is a 'far cry' from the truth

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Call for next Government to prioritise 1.9m children struggling with speech and language

Families
Coram Family and Childcare's latest survey findings highlight concerns about availability of 30-hour places under the expanded offer, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Childcare Survey suggests time is running out to find enough places for expanded offer

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The second phase of the expanded entitlement rolls out in September with parents being apply to apply from May, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Parents of nine-month-olds can apply for funded places from May under 'largest ever childcare expansion'

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Seven in 10 dads forced to cut their paternity leave short

Families
The first minister visited an early years setting in Glasgow to make his announcement on International Women's Day (8 March 2024), PHOTO: Scot Govt Flickr
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Scotland's first minister commits an extra £16 million to boost the pay of early years staff

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivering the Spring Budget in the House of Commons on 6 March 2024, PHOTO: Screenshot BBC
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Budget 2024: Chancellor confirms 'guaranteed' rates for 'landmark' childcare expansion

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Early years providers will receive an extra £500m over the next two years to keep up with wage rises PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Budget 2024: Early years sector cautiously welcomes Chancellor's plans for funding rates to rise in line with costs

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The majority of parents surveyed said they can't meet the new work requirements under universal credit, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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More than eight in 10 single parents on universal credit unable to meet new work requirements

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The JRF analysis finds that without action, working families will be worse off by the end of the decade than they there were at the beginning, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Working families will be £1,300 worse off by the end of the decade

Families
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt dismissed Labour's claims and said that the Government is 'on track' with the expansion of childcare PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

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How 'A Better Start' areas support families and babies against backdrop of shortages to midwives and health visitors

Families
HMRC has published the latest figures on take-up of Tax-Free Childcare among families, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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A 'significant' proportion of families still not using Tax-Free Childcare

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