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Julie Morgan, Wales' deputy minister for social services
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Welsh Government announces extra £1.5m for childcare and playwork sector

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Bispham Endowed Primary School in Blackpool is delivering the Natterbox Nook sessions
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Music and storytelling activities to boost children's communication skills

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More than three-quarters of parents who were unable to access a service, typically offered in children’s centres, worried about the impact on themselves or their child PHOTO Adobe Stock
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4.3 million parents could be without access to early support services

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Schools and colleges can apply for funding from the DfE to pay for mental health training
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Government launches new mental health training for schools

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The Mumsnet survey found that the cost of childcare continues to be a struggle for most families PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Most parents think the Government does not provide enough childcare support

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The Scottish Government is to extend funded childcare to all one- and two-year-olds during this parliament
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Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon pledges free childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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Eighty-five per cent of nurseries are making or loss or just breaking even, up from 54 per cent in 2018, the NDNA survey found PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

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Vicky Ford, children and families minister
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Children's minister accused of 'insulting' childminders over closures

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Footballer Marcus Rashford is urging people to contact their MP and support measures to end food insecurity for families
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Marcus Rashford calls on MPs to take action to end child food poverty

Child Poverty
'The pandemic has had a brutal and sometimes devastating impact on too many early years education settings.'
Opinion

‘We must do more for those who have least’

Viewpoint
The Sutton Trust has called it a 'national scandal' that the poorest three and four-year-olds are 'locked out' of the 30 hours policy
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Make 30 hours funded childcare universal to close the attainment gap

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Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon visiting Fallin Nursery in Stirling PHOTO Twitter
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Scotland's delayed nationwide expansion of 1140 hours childcare launches

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Ministers have claimed that new early years funding rates will cover national minimum and living wages increases but has yet to publish calculations to demonstrate this PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Early years Alliance files complaint over DfE refusal to release funding data

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Three more nursery schools are set to close this summer PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Nursery school heads seek 'levelling-up' role as funding crisis worsens

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Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

Coronavirus
The Social Mobility Commission proposes a £14bn package of support to lift millions out of poverty PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Government urged to put disadvantaged children at ‘centre stage’ of Covid-19 recovery plan

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