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The Government is going ahead with plans to increase the number of two-year-olds nursery and pre-school staff can care for to 1 to 5
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Seven in ten nurseries would not change staff: child ratios for two-year-olds, Government consultation finds

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The Chancellor is expected to announce 30-hour funding for parents of one-and two-year-olds, but will the numbers add up for early years providers? PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivering his budget speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday Photo Screengrab from the BBC
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Budget 2023: Chancellor pledges ‘landmark childcare reform’

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The Chancellor's announcement that settings can operate at reduced childcare ratios has led to concerns surrounding practitioners' workloads and children's safety, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Budget 2023: Ratio changes branded 'shameful' by early years sector

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New research by the EYA highlights a lack of data held by councils on whether parents can access childcare to suit their needs, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Government claims there are enough childcare places to meet demand branded ‘meaningless’

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Nurseries in England face an average 40 per cent rise in business rates from April 2023 PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Nurseries in England face sharp rise in business rates from April

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is said to be planning to bring in the controversial ratio changes, and raising entitlement funding
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Chancellor reported to be planning childcare reforms and ratio changes

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Coram Family and Childcare has released its annual Childcare Survey on sufficency of places and childcare costs, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

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The NDNA fears that many nurseries already struggling to survive will close amid rising costs PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Average nursery loses £32,000 a year by subsidising 15-hour childcare

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Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged to reform childcare PHOTO Twitter
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Labour analysis shows growing cost of childcare for parents

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London is England’s ‘childcare affordability blackspot’, according to the Nesta analysis PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Parents could be spending up to 80 per cent of take-home pay on childcare – study

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Bright Horizons' nursery in Crouch End has had it registration temporarily suspended by Ofsted, PHOTO: Bright Horizons
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Bright Horizons nursery temporarily closed by Ofsted due to concerns over children's safety

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Delegates at the Nursery World Business Summit at America Square Conference Centre in London on 7 March, 2023
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Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

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The CPP are calling for childcare to be regarded as vital infrastructure to allow 'borrowing for investment', PHOTO: CPP
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Lack of affordable, accessible childcare is costing the economy billions in lost earnings – report

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LEYF has set out its green approach in a new sustainability strategy PHOTO LEYF
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LEYF publishes sustainability strategy and encourages early years settings to get involved

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Caragh Booth, UK to Ukraine and Joby Carter, Carters Steam Fair with one of the generators donated to early years settings and schools in Ukraine
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Ukrainian kindergartens secure generators following UK appeal

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