The first minister visited an early years setting in Glasgow to make his announcement on International Women's Day (8 March 2024), PHOTO: Scot Govt Flickr

Scotland's first minister commits an extra £16 million to boost the pay of early years staff

Workforce
Television presenter Rachel Riley is the new ambassador for Oscar's Book Club, an early years reading initiative, PHOTO: Alan Strutt

TV presenter Rachel Riley named as the ambassador for new early years reading initiative

Birth to Threes
Wrexham Football Club's mascot reading their new bilingual book for children, PHOTO: Wrexham Football Club

Wrexham Football Club create bilingual Welsh children's book

Resources
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivering the Spring Budget in the House of Commons on 6 March 2024, PHOTO: Screenshot BBC

Budget 2024: Chancellor confirms 'guaranteed' rates for 'landmark' childcare expansion

Policy & Politics

Dr Gina Gómez de la Cuesta: How LEGO® play can develop children’s skills to make them ‘school ready’

Viewpoint
Early years providers will receive an extra £500m over the next two years to keep up with wage rises PHOTO Adobe Stock

Budget 2024: Early years sector cautiously welcomes Chancellor's plans for funding rates to rise in line with costs

Policy & Politics
The majority of parents surveyed said they can't meet the new work requirements under universal credit, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

More than eight in 10 single parents on universal credit unable to meet new work requirements

Research
New research suggests babies born during the Covid-19 pandemic have fewer infections, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

'Pandemic babies' found to have fewer allergies and infections

Research
The JRF analysis finds that without action, working families will be worse off by the end of the decade than they there were at the beginning, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Working families will be £1,300 worse off by the end of the decade

Families
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt dismissed Labour's claims and said that the Government is 'on track' with the expansion of childcare PHOTO Adobe Stock

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

Policy & Politics
A new coalition has been formed to urge the Government to reform family learning, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Call to give more importance to family learning

Families
PHOTO Adobe Stock

How 'A Better Start' areas support families and babies against backdrop of shortages to midwives and health visitors

Families