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Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report

Thursday, May 25, 2023

| Nursery World

Government plans to increase childcare will mean that a low-income parent stands to take home just £4 an hour after childcare costs and changes to universal credit are taken into account, according to research by two major charities.

Labour plan for breakfast clubs 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system’

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

| Nursery World

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson will pledge to roll out free breakfast clubs to all primary school children, invest in the childcare workforce, and oppose the Government's plan to change staff to child ratios in early years settings.

Mini-Budget: reaction to the chancellor's plans

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Friday, September 23, 2022

| Nursery World

Education unions, sector organisations, and children's charities have been reacting to the Chancellor’s mini-budget, which included the biggest tax cuts since 1972, and which will benefit wealthy taxpayers the most.

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

| Nursery World

The high cost of childcare means that thousands of mothers are effectively paying to return to work after having children, according to the IPPR, which is calling for universal pre-school to start at the end of parental leave.

Call to make childcare free for all as nursery bills 'skyrocket'

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Monday, September 5, 2022

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A union body is calling for universal free childcare as nursery bills ‘skyrocket’ to over £1,000 a month across England and with costs predicted to rise to £2,000 a month by 2026.

More than 60 per cent of women who had an abortion were influenced by childcare costs

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Friday, July 8, 2022

| Nursery World

Six in 10 women who have had an abortion say childcare costs influenced their decision, reveals new research.

Most parents think the Government does not provide enough childcare support

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Monday, September 13, 2021

| Nursery World

Findings from a Mumsnet survey reveal that the cost of childcare is 'causing a huge problem for families' and suggests parents are ready for a 'radical shake-up' of the system.

Government dismisses childcare funding petition signed by 110,000

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

| Nursery World

The Government has said it has no plans to review early years funding, in response to a parliamentary petition signed by thousands - however a cross-party committee of MPs has commissioned a survey of providers and parents to look at childcare costs.

Government reveals £1.7bn in underspend on Tax-Free Childcare

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Monday, September 28, 2020

| Nursery World

New data from the Treasury shows that there is £1.7 billion in unspent funding for Tax-Free Childcare from the last three years, which is intended to support parents with childcare costs.

Coronavirus: Labour analysis finds 19,000 childcare providers at risk of closure

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

| Nursery World

A ‘perfect storm’ of rising childcare costs and thousands of providers at risk of closure due to a lack of government support will make it impossible for many parents to return to work, the Labour Party is warning.

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Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report

Labour plan for breakfast clubs 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system’

Mini-Budget: reaction to the chancellor's plans

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

Call to make childcare free for all as nursery bills 'skyrocket'

More than 60 per cent of women who had an abortion were influenced by childcare costs

Most parents think the Government does not provide enough childcare support

Government dismisses childcare funding petition signed by 110,000

Government reveals £1.7bn in underspend on Tax-Free Childcare

Coronavirus: Labour analysis finds 19,000 childcare providers at risk of closure

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