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Tax credit cuts a 'mistake' when savings can be made elsewhere

Friday, November 6, 2015

| Nursery World

A new think-tank report urges the Chancellor to re-think cuts to tax credits and sets out alternative ways savings can be made.

New Childcare Choices parents' website goes live

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

| Nursery World

A new website to inform parents about childcare support, including Tax-Free Childcare and the 30 hours, launches today.

Youngest children not active enough

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| Nursery World

Just nine per cent of children aged between two and four are doing the right amount of physical activity, experts have claimed.

Women vital to boosting UK economy

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Extending childcare tax breaks and a business culture that 'embraces' flexible working for all are key recommendations from a report into maximising women's contribution to the economy.

Nursery workers would lose £1,800 in tax credit cuts

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Children’s charities have welcomed the move by the House of Lords to delay cuts to tax credits, as a new analysis shows nursery nurses would be among the hardest hit by the changes.

Low-income parents on the brink of a 'financial family crisis'

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

| Nursery World

Parents earning the minimum wage are on the 'brink of a new crisis in family finances' that will leave many stranded when meeting no-frills costs, warns a new report.

Poverty reduction - Playing a longer game

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Is it possible to break the cycle of poverty through intervention in young children's health and well-being? Pat Gordon-Smith weighs up the potential of different initiatives in England, Wales and Scotland.

Cost of raising a child rises by 4 per cent in a year

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Monday, August 19, 2013

| Nursery World

New research published by the Child Poverty Action Group illustrates parents' growing struggle to provide a decent standard of living for their families in 2013.

Cost of childcare prevents unemployed parents from working

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Friday, November 3, 2017

| Nursery World

A survey of parents has revealed that over a fifth who are unemployed want to work but can't because childcare is 'prohibitively expensive'.

Fathers will be able to share parental leave up to a year

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Friday, November 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Plans to make it easier for mothers and fathers to share paid parental leave during the first year of a child’s life have been set out today by the Deputy Prime minister.

Conservative MP calls for tax breaks for married couples to be enshrined in law

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Friday, June 21, 2013

| Nursery World

Former childrens minister Tim Loughton has called for the Government to honour its pledge and reward couples who marry with tax breaks.

Petition to keep childcare vouchers open tops 100,000 signatures

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

| Nursery World

A petition calling for childcare vouchers to be kept open alongside Tax-Free Childcare has received more than 100,000 signatures, meaning the issue will be considered for debate in Parliament.

More than one million children growing up without a father

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Monday, June 10, 2013

| Nursery World

Some British children are growing up in 'men deserts', because they are growing up without a father and have no male teachers, a report claims.

Government's Troubled Families programme to be extended

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| Nursery World

The Government is committing a further 200m to its Troubled Families programme to help 400,000 more families with multiple and complex social, health and economic problems

More children of working families falling into poverty

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Thursday, December 6, 2018

| Nursery World

The number of children living in poverty has risen by 500,000 in the last five years to 4.1 million, finds new research.

Damning report highlights major problems with universal credit

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Friday, June 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The government spending watchdog warns universal credit is pushing claimants into rent arrears, and urges ministers to fix the system before rolling it out nationally.

Montessori pulls out of offering Government-funded parenting classes

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Montessori St Nicholas has withdrawn from running free parenting classes a year early, frustrated by bureaucracy and low take-up.

Vulnerable refugees ‘barred’ from health services

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Monday, May 30, 2016

| Nursery World

New research highlights how young refugee children and their families are more likely to suffer from mental health problems than their peers and face barriers to accessing health support.

Cameron pledges to make parenting classes the norm

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| Nursery World

The Prime Minister’s renewed plans to introduce parenting classes were met with a mixed response from children’s organisations.

Government launches parent campaign showing the cost benefit of free childcare

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government has launched a new parent campaign to highlight the cash value of early education places.

More 'high-risk' families helped under Troubled Families programme

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| Nursery World

The latest figures from the Government's scheme show it has turned around the lives of 14,000 of England's most 'troubled' households in just 15 months.

New resources to support families with personal budgets

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| Nursery World

KIDS, a charity for disabled children and young people, has launched a free suite of resources to support families in the move to personal budgets.

More parents taking up pilot 30 hours than expected

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Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

The number of parents taking up the 30 hours under the early roll-out programme has exceeded Government expectation.

How one LA is delivering funded places for twos

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Now that 40 per cent of two-year-olds are eligible for funded places, we look at how one local authority is delivering and supporting the programme.

Nurseries and childminders invited to picnic on day of action against Truss reforms

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years providers across the UK are being encouraged to hold picnics on International Children's Day on 1 June, to join together to protest against the proposals.

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Tax credit cuts a 'mistake' when savings can be made elsewhere

New Childcare Choices parents' website goes live

Youngest children not active enough

Women vital to boosting UK economy

Nursery workers would lose £1,800 in tax credit cuts

Low-income parents on the brink of a 'financial family crisis'

Poverty reduction - Playing a longer game

Cost of raising a child rises by 4 per cent in a year

Cost of childcare prevents unemployed parents from working

Fathers will be able to share parental leave up to a year

Conservative MP calls for tax breaks for married couples to be enshrined in law

Petition to keep childcare vouchers open tops 100,000 signatures

More than one million children growing up without a father

Government's Troubled Families programme to be extended

More children of working families falling into poverty

Damning report highlights major problems with universal credit

Montessori pulls out of offering Government-funded parenting classes

Vulnerable refugees ‘barred’ from health services

Cameron pledges to make parenting classes the norm

Government launches parent campaign showing the cost benefit of free childcare

More 'high-risk' families helped under Troubled Families programme

New resources to support families with personal budgets

More parents taking up pilot 30 hours than expected

How one LA is delivering funded places for twos

Nurseries and childminders invited to picnic on day of action against Truss reforms

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