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Millions of families cutting back on healthy food that is twice as expensive as unhealthy options

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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A ‘worrying’ proportion of ‘food insecure’ families are cutting back on healthy food, sparking concerns of widening health inequalities.

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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Two surveys show that many settings will not be able to offer parents places for the extended entitlements, as the start of the roll-out of the expanded policy nears. By Catherine Gaunt

Interview: Meet Professor Angelica Ronald

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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Angelica Ronald is professor of psychology and genetics at the University of Surrey and recently led a study on how pre-school children’s fine motor skills, including drawing, folding paper and block-building, may play an important role in their later education and behaviour.

Failure to support children's early communication will cost the economy £830m

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Monday, February 26, 2024

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Cross-society failure to support early years communication and language development could cost the economy up to £830 million for every year group starting school through the loss of lifetime earnings and increased Government spend, according to a new study.

Working families on the 'breadline' would need to work eight days a week to escape poverty

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Friday, February 23, 2024

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New analysis by Action for Children suggests 300,000 low-income families with children are trapped in poverty despite parents working full-time.

£5bn shortfall in funding for extended ‘childcare’ offer

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

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There is a £5 billion per year gap between Government funding and the estimated cost of delivery to providers of the Government’s expanded childcare offer once fully rolled out, says think tank.

Concerns the expanded offer isn't 'workable in practice' due to limited space and providers capping places

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

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Early years providers will struggle to meet increased demand for funded places once the expanded offer comes in due to staffing and space shortages, suggest new findings.

Parents unlikely to benefit much financially under expanded offer

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

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For a third of parents, the expanded ‘childcare’ offer will save them less than £100 a month due to charges for extras and increased fees outside of the funding, new research suggests.

Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

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Analysis of childcare costs by Labour shows that the average cost of a part-time childcare place has risen by 80 per cent since 2010 when the party was last in office.

Growing number of parents getting into debt to pay for 'childcare'

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

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Nearly half of parents have been plunged into debt or withdrawn their savings to pay for childcare, new figures show.

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Millions of families cutting back on healthy food that is twice as expensive as unhealthy options

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

Interview: Meet Professor Angelica Ronald

Failure to support children's early communication will cost the economy £830m

Working families on the 'breadline' would need to work eight days a week to escape poverty

£5bn shortfall in funding for extended ‘childcare’ offer

Concerns the expanded offer isn't 'workable in practice' due to limited space and providers capping places

Parents unlikely to benefit much financially under expanded offer

Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

Growing number of parents getting into debt to pay for 'childcare'

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