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Sheila, a volunteer at baby bank Little Village, sorts through donations to the charity PHOTO Little Village
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Over a million children under five living in poverty - report

Child Poverty
Government policies are 'skewed towards men', said the women and equalities committee chair, Caroline Nokes MP
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Mothers' careers at risk of being forfeited due to coronavirus

Families
Childminders in Scotland will be able to apply for grants to support their businesses during the pandemic
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Coronavirus: Childminders in Scotland to receive sustainability grants

Coronavirus
The number of early years settings reporting incidents of coronavirus nearly doubled during the week of 11 January
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Covid cases in early years settings nearly double in a week

Coronavirus
'Playground closures are 'catastrophic for children’s mental health, fitness, development and well-being', says the API
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Play spaces must be kept open, or children will suffer, sector warns

Coronavirus
Private and voluntary nurseries have to access lateral flow tests themselves by sending staff to community testing sites, unlike schools and maintained nurseries that are sent test kits
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Coronavirus: London nursery group forks out £6,000 a week for Covid testing kits

Coronavirus
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Conversations must lead to government action

Viewpoint
A growing number of nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are having to temporarily close because of Covid-19
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Coronavirus: Nurseries report increase in temporary closures

Coronavirus
There are plans to reopen schools and nurseries later this month in Scotland
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Scottish nurseries set to reopen in three weeks

Coronavirus
Cotswold Montessori School had to close for two weeks
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Big drop in attendance adds to sector’s funding concerns

Analysis
Local authorities kept back more than £55m in early education funding in 2019/20, according to the FOI findings
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Councils have millions in unspent early years funding, investigation reveals

30 Hours Free Childcare
The clothing fund will enable more children to learn outdoors in all weathers
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Scotland: £1m outdoor clothing fund launched

Provision
Ceeda analysis suggests that there are around 8,000 early years workers that are unable to a access a school place
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Thousands of early years staff unable to access key worker places at school for their own children

Coronavirus
Childminders in Scotland, whose businesses have suffered during the pandemic, will be able to apply for government grants
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Coronavirus: Scottish government launches £1m fund for childminders

Coronavirus
Some early years workers will receive the vaccine as priority health and social care workers
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Exclusive: Some early years workers set to receive Covid-19 vaccine as a priority

Coronavirus
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Teacher Covid-absences ‘significantly higher’ than pupils

Coronavirus

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