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DfE commits to children's centres consultation

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  • Tuesday, January 3, 2017
  • | CYP Now
A consultation on the future of children's centres will still take place, despite news that the life chances strategy that it was due to be part of has been ditched, the Department for Education has said.

Cross-government child poverty unit scrapped

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  • Tuesday, December 20, 2016
  • | CYP Now
The government's cross-departmental child poverty unit has been abolished, with the government confirming that its functions have been subsumed into the wider remit of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Government confirms life chances strategy has been dropped

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  • Tuesday, December 20, 2016
  • | CYP Now
A government strategy to boost the life chances of the poorest children in the country will not be published, the government has confirmed, with elements of it instead set to feature in a green paper to be published next year.

Childcare to be available from 6am

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  • Monday, April 4, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Childcare providers will be required to offer places between 6am and 8pm when the government extends free provision to 30 hours each week, it has been announced.

School readiness project rated a success

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  • Wednesday, March 23, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Early years providers and schools are being urged to develop closer links to improve school readiness in disadvantaged areas, after a government-funded pilot project was deemed to be a success by researchers.

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