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Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years providers are facing a real-term cut in funding to deliver three and four-year-old places in 2015/16, amid increases to business and running costs.

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

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Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

As providers increasingly move to charging parents of disadvantaged two-year-olds for ‘extras’, one local authority body has recommended settings refrain from doing so.

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Flat rate and extras charges set for Welsh 30-hour pilots

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders in Wales piloting the 30 hours will be able to charge parents up to £7.50 a day for meals and snacks and will receive a flat rate of £4.50 an hour.

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The cost to private and voluntary nurseries of last month’s budget is £437m according to an analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

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Monday, April 24, 2017

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has published operational guidance for 30-hour childcare.

NLW a challenge for childcare employers

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

| Nursery World

New analysis highlights the pressure put on nurseries by the introduction of the National Living Wage.

'Low-pay childcare sector can't afford National Living Wage'

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Friday, April 1, 2016

| Nursery World

The national living wage has come into force today - as childcare providers say they cannot afford to pay it without raising fees.

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Measure in yesterday's Budget set to affect the early years sector include a cut to business rates, a sugar levy and an extension to childcare vouchers.

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Research commissioned by the Department for Education as part of its review into the cost of expanding free childcare to 30 hours is not held by the DfE, Nursery World can reveal, despite being quoted 50 times in a key report.

Chancellor pledges 'unprecedented' economy support plan

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Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a range of measures to protect businesses and workers from economic effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19).

NDNA and EPI launch joint research project on early years workforce

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Friday, August 7, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has launched a year-long research project with the Education Policy Institute (EPI) to look at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| Nursery World

The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have today announced increases to the national minimum wage, including a 20 per cent rise to the amount apprentices are paid an hour.

Nurseries plan to restrict 30 hour places and charge parents

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Many nurseries that plan to offer 30 hour childcare from next month can only do so by limiting places, raising concerns that thousands of working parents could miss out.

Early 30 hours codes for two-year-olds lead to confusion

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Monday, August 21, 2017

| Nursery World

Parents of two-year-olds are being issued with eligibility codes for 30 hours childcare several months before they will qualify for the entitlement, which nursery owners say is leading to confusion.

Nurseries renew calls for action on £550m business rates bill

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries across England and Wales and the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) are urging the Government and the Welsh Assembly to follow Scotland's likely lead and exempt them from business rates as they face a 26 per cent increase over the next five years.

30 hours survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

| Nursery World

All the hot early years topics are on the agenda at our annual summit, including surviving 30 hours and the progress of early years apprenticeships.

Analysis: 30 hours pilot study predicts success but flags up 'risks'

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Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Following the publication of the evaluation of the 30-hour pilots, we take an in-depth look at the findings.

Alliance wins data victory on DfE childcare costs report

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Friday, February 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Research carried out for a DfE review into the costs of childcare has finally been published a year after a Freedom of Information request from the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Campaigners lodge complaint against Government on 30 hours 'price fixing'

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Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

A campaign group of childcare providers have lodged a complaint with the competition watchdog about the Government’s underfunding of the free hours.

Nursery World Business Summit 2016 - 30-hour pilots

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Hear from the early implementer councils about the progress of the 30-hour pilots at the Business Summit on 8 November.

Universal Credit parents 'in debt' over upfront childcare costs

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Thursday, January 3, 2019

| Nursery World

Universal credit claimants are losing jobs and childcare places because they are required to pay childcare bills upfront, a new report has found.

‘Poor children excluded’ from nursery places

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Monday, April 30, 2018

| Nursery World

A new report suggests vulnerable children are being pushed out of settings because of the 30 hours.

Sadiq Khan launches business support programme for London nurseries and childminders

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Friday, June 4, 2021

| Nursery World

The Mayor of London has launched a £150,000 fund to provide business support for the capital’s private and voluntary early years settings.

PM's plans to reduce staff to child ratios in nurseries to cut childcare costs slammed as 'ludicrous'

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Sector organisations and nurseries have roundly criticised Boris Johnson’s plans to change the rules to cut the number of staff caring for children in early years settings.

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Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Flat rate and extras charges set for Welsh 30-hour pilots

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

NLW a challenge for childcare employers

'Low-pay childcare sector can't afford National Living Wage'

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

Chancellor pledges 'unprecedented' economy support plan

NDNA and EPI launch joint research project on early years workforce

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

Nurseries plan to restrict 30 hour places and charge parents

Early 30 hours codes for two-year-olds lead to confusion

Nurseries renew calls for action on £550m business rates bill

30 hours survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

Analysis: 30 hours pilot study predicts success but flags up 'risks'

Alliance wins data victory on DfE childcare costs report

Campaigners lodge complaint against Government on 30 hours 'price fixing'

Nursery World Business Summit 2016 - 30-hour pilots

Universal Credit parents 'in debt' over upfront childcare costs

‘Poor children excluded’ from nursery places

Sadiq Khan launches business support programme for London nurseries and childminders

PM's plans to reduce staff to child ratios in nurseries to cut childcare costs slammed as 'ludicrous'

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