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Liz hosting one of her many Nursery World Awards
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A fond farewell to editor-in-chief, Liz Roberts

Practice
Early year providers and parents are calling for more investment and say childcare reforms are urgently needed PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Rishi Sunak believed to have scrapped childcare ratio changes

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DfE announces increases to early years funding that are branded 'tokenistic' by sector

Funding
The Education Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the affordability of childcare, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Cross-party MPs launch inquiry into childcare affordability

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Children's Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza has published the second part of her Family Review on behalf of the Government
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Children's Commissioner for England puts forward recommendations to better support families

Families
Ofsted highlights the recruitment crisis leading to nursery closures in its annual report PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Ofsted annual report – Workforce crisis affecting children's recovery from pandemic

Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
The IFS report estimates spending on the ‘free’ entitlement will ‘buy’ 9 per cent less in 2024-25 compared with 2021-22, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Education spending report warns the economic 'squeeze' for the childcare sector is yet to be felt

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Stella Creasy MP has tabled the amendment to the Levelling up and Regeneration Bill, PHOTO @stellacreasy
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MPs seek law change so childcare is recognised as vital infrastructure

Families
The Schools Bill which faced criticism over measures to make all schools academies has been scrapped, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Government drops widely criticised Schools Bill

Policy & Politics
The joint IPPR and Save the Children report makes a case for universal childcare, which it claims would save a family with young children between £620 and £6,175 a year in childcare costs PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Universal childcare up to 11 would save parents thousands and add billions to economy – report

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The survey revealed nursery fees have risen, or are due to rise, for 83 per cent of respondents, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Nurseries forced to increase fees for thousands of parents – survey

Families
Think tank Onward puts forward ideas to fix what it calls an 'inflexible and costly' childcare system with a 'dysfunctional provider market', PHOTO Onward
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Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

Research
The Early Years Equality Action group has been set-up by four early years professionals
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Early years action group setup to 'save the sector'

Funding
St Edmund's Nursery and Children's Centre in Bradford is one of the DfE's Stronger Practice Hub leads
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DfE's early years Stronger Practice Hubs programme gets underway

Provision
The petition has been started by pre-school manager Vicky Willetts
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Petition calling for childcare funding to increase attracts thousands of signatures

Funding
The sector has raised concerns over the survival of settings with the minimum wage increase and no more funding, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Grave concerns raised for the sector after minimum wage increase announced

Provision

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