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Nurseries and childminders did not receive any extra financial support in the summer statement, despite sector fears that one in four settings could close
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Summer statement: Government 'without a plan' for the childcare sector and struggling families

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Breakfast club support for disadvantaged families will be extended during the summer holidays
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Free breakfast scheme extended over summer holidays

Coronavirus
Coronavirus has had 'an unprecedented impact' on new parents, the cross-party Petitions Committee report says
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Coronavirus: MPs call for emergency funding for childcare sector

Coronavirus
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'Put children at the heart of recovery' say charities, as PM unveils 'new deal' for economy

Coronavirus
Campaigners are calling for the regulation of nanny agencies. Many parents don't know that nannies and nanny agencies are unregulated
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Fears parents will be driven to use unregulated childcare

Coronavirus
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Coronavirus: Parents want fewer days in the office but struggle without childcare in pandemic

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Early years settings are operating on average with only around a third of their usual intake of children
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Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders face huge financial losses, analysis finds

Coronavirus
Busy Bees wants to give children starting school in the new academic year the option to remain at nursery for one or two terms, depending on their age or developmental stage
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Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

Coronavirus
Holiday clubs will be able to open this summer
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Holiday and out-of-school clubs to open from 4 July

Review of The Early Years Foundation Stage
Author and presenter Sarah Griffiths and her daughter Eva create an acrostic poem together
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Daily online EYFS activities launched for parents and carers

Families
Gemma Fletcher, nursery manager Media City with a recent food bank donation from Morrison's, Swinton, and a sample of prepared meals for local families
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#StandUpForEarlyYears: Nursery group launches free family meal scheme

Coronavirus
Dr Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer
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Coronavirus: Children who have been shielding can return to school in September

Coronavirus
Nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are not included in the Government's £1 bn 'catch-up' funding plan
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Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

Coronavirus
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Fathers’ involvement in childcare hits record high in lockdown

Coronavirus
Will holiday clubs open this summer?
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Further delays expected on reopening of holiday clubs

Coronavirus
Families have had very different experiences of the lockdown, while schools have been closed
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Coronavirus has exacerbated problems for low-income families

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