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The Family and Childcare Trust is calling on the Government to invest the £535 million savings from delayed Tax-Free Childcare as capital funding, so that local authorities and providers can offer more flexible places.

Link child benefit to take-up of free hours, says think-tank

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Monday, October 19, 2015

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A new think tank report calls for parents to be denied child benefit if they fail to take advantage of the free hours and enrol their children in early years settings.

Thousands of children's centres hit with budget cuts

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Monday, October 19, 2015

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More than two-thirds of children’s centres have had their budgets cut this financial year and 130 are at risk of closure, new research shows.

Nursery owners borrow money to cover delayed 30-hour payments

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

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Childcare providers across the country have been forced to borrow money to pay staff wages and bills because of local authorites' failure to pay the funding for the 30 hours on time.

Liberal Democrats pledge to triple pupil premium in early years

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

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The Liberal Democrats would raise the pupil premium for nursery-age children to £1,000 a year, under plans released as part of the party’s election manifesto.

Spending on early years cut by £650m

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Monday, December 11, 2017

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New DfE figures show local authority spending on Sure Start and early years services has fallen by more than £650 million since 2010.

Mayor launches early years hubs to boost childcare for disadvantaged families

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

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The Mayor of London has named the three areas that will take part in the new Early Years Hubs scheme to drive the take-up of funded two-year-old places across the capital.

Last remaining council-run day nurseries in Tower Hamlets under threat

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Friday, July 6, 2018

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Three local authority-run nurseries in the London borough of Tower Hamlets are at risk of closure as the council plans to ‘reshape the service’.

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

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The Department for Education has launched a £2m pilot to look at ways to support disadvantaged children during the school holidays by providing meals and activities.

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

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The Pre-school Learning Alliance has closed 23 nurseries since January, as a direct result of the longstanding Government under-funding of 15- and 30-hour childcare entitlements, Nursery World can reveal.

Birmingham nursery schools feeding and clothing children

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

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Birmingham nursery schools contribute more than £11.5 million a year more than they receive in funding, including feeding and clothing children, new analysis claims.

Additional school funding not enough to ‘repair the damage’, warn unions

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

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Four in five schools will be worse off next year than they were in 2015, reveals new research.

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Changes to free nursery milk scheme postponed

Working parents need flexible, fully-funded 30-hour offer

Voluntary sector shares grants of £25m

Savings from Tax-Free Childcare delay should be used to expand provision

Link child benefit to take-up of free hours, says think-tank

Thousands of children's centres hit with budget cuts

Nursery owners borrow money to cover delayed 30-hour payments

Liberal Democrats pledge to triple pupil premium in early years

Spending on early years cut by £650m

Mayor launches early years hubs to boost childcare for disadvantaged families

Last remaining council-run day nurseries in Tower Hamlets under threat

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

Birmingham nursery schools feeding and clothing children

Additional school funding not enough to ‘repair the damage’, warn unions

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