More than 45,000 18- to 24-year-olds have been forced to go without food or other essentials after their benefits were incorrectly stopped under a new sanctions scheme. According to the Independent, figures from the Department for Work and Pensions reveal that tens of thousands of young people have been hit by the strict new system of penalties introduced in October 2012.
Early years organisations have joined forces to create policy guidance for leaders of main political parties. The Association for the Professional Development of Early Years Educators (Tactyc) and the British Educational Research Association Early Years Special Interest Group worked together to create guidance, which highlights play and pedagogy, and assessment, transitions and school readiness as key themes.
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