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The Government has provided a response to a petition against the reduction of childcare ratios for two-year-olds, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Government responds to petition against relaxation of childcare ratios

Provision
The research finds four and five-year-olds were less likely to meet the levels of development in 2021 than before the pandemic, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Report lays bare the impact of Covid on four and five-year-olds' development

Policy & Politics
The number of children with an Education, Health and Care plan has grown from 430,697 last year to 473,255 this year PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Record number of SEND children with Education, Health and Care Plans

Funding
The Government is planning to increase the number of two-year-olds that early years staff can care for PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Government to launch consultation on childcare ratio changes before summer

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Baroness Hallett is chairing the inquiry into the Government's handling of the pandemic PHOTO UK Parliament
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Covid inquiry widens to include focus on children and inequality

Coronavirus
The Queen's speech, to mark the state opening of Parliament, was delivered by Prince Charles PHOTO UK Parliament
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Queen's speech criticised for failing to provide immediate help for 'struggling families'

Policy & Politics
Liz Pemberton: 'I want to educate people on how to embed anti-racist and inclusive practices in their work, and why it’s vital to do so in the early years sector when children are at such an impressionable age.’
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Early years sector condemns Telegraph article and unites behind Liz Pemberton's 'vital work'

Policy & Politics
Millions of adults have skipped meals due to the rise in the cost of living - reveal the findings analysed by The Food Foundation PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Growing number of families skipping meals as cost of living crisis 'bites' deeper

Families
Chief scientific adviser Professor Lucy Chappell: 'It’s crucial every woman has access to the support they need'
Opinion

How to give new mums and babies the best possible start

Families
The number of notifications to Ofsted of Covid outbreaks in early years settings are far higher than initially published PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Exclusive - Incidents of Covid in nurseries far higher than originally published

Coronavirus
Tens of thousands of parents and those in the education sector have given their backing to calls for the prime minister to rethink plans to reduce staff: child ratios PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Thousands of parents and childcare staff back petitions against PM’s plans to relax ratios

Families
The Department of Health and Social Care is looking for new parents' view on maternal support, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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New parents invited to contribute to 10-year plan to improve mental health support

Families
The series of reports from the DfE look at the impact of the pandemic on nurseries, school-settings and childminders, PHOTO Adobe Stock
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New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

Coronavirus
Children and families minister Will Quince: '[I've] been tasked by the prime minister to look at how we can ease the regulatory burden on the early years sector. And that means looking at regulation across the board, including ratios'
News

Children and families minister posts Twitter video in response to ratios row

Policy & Politics
Boris Johnson visiting a nursery in Greenford during the pandemic
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PM's plans to reduce staff to child ratios in nurseries to cut childcare costs slammed as 'ludicrous'

Childcare Costs
The research by JRF on behalf of Little Village, which reveals over a million young children are in poverty, recommends 'affordable childcare for all'
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Over one million babies and young children are living in poverty - report

Child Poverty

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