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Deputy minister for social services Julie Morgan and Plaid Cymru designated member Siân Gwenllian at Mount Stuart Primary School in Cardiff, PHOTO: Welsh Government
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Wales invests £10m to extend roll out of funded two-year-old places

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A third of those that responded to the Alliance surveyed said they are likely to close within the next year, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

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The CBI is calling on the Government to invest £8.9bn in childcare ahead of the Spring Budget, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Business organisation urges Government to invest and reform the childcare system

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty playing with a baby at the St Austell Family Hub in Cornwall, PHOTO: @RishiSunak
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Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

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Rutland Early Years childminding agency has been rated 'ineffective' by Ofsted
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Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

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Staff turnover in early years settings is 'astronomical', according to one nursery group owner PHOTO Adobe Stock
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High staff turnover, business rates, and underfunding highlighted in APPG early years event

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The Early Years Equality action group has set a date for a protest in London
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Early years action group to stage protest in March

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The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivering a speech on 'building a better future', PHOTO Prime Minister's Office
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PM criticised for failing to mention childcare as a priority for 2023

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The petition calling for childcare funding to increase has received a Government response
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DfE responds to petition calling for childcare funding increase

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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

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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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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
A total of 11 per cent of nurseries and pre-schools surveyed said they would have to close permanently if support towards energy costs ends after next year, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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More than one in 10 settings will be forced to shut without more help to pay energy bills

Research
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

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