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Early years groups call for government to combine childcare support programmes

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Early years leaders are calling for the government to introduce "childcare passports" to streamline funding and slash red tape for providers.

Free childcare expansion based on 'outdated' funding figures, claims Alliance chief

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Friday, June 10, 2016

| CYP Now

The government's expansion of free childcare is underpinned by outdated figures and "little more than guess work", the chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance has said.

Nurseries pull out of 30-hour free childcare pilot over funding dispute

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

| CYP Now

The majority of childcare providers in York have refused to trial the 30-hour childcare expansion because the rates being offered are insufficient, it has been revealed.

Spending Review: Extra £350m to deliver free childcare expansion

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

| CYP Now

The government has pledged £300m to improve funding for early years providers as it looks to roll out plans to double free childcare to 30 hours a week.

Peers vote for full funding review into free childcare expansion

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

| CYP Now

The government must carry out a thorough review of how it will fund the expanded free childcare entitlement before peers will give it their backing.

Meagre pay could spark nursery staff shortage

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Friday, July 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Low rates of pay could trigger a future shortage of nursery staff and undermine the government's expansion of free childcare provision, researchers have warned.

Early education focus for Lib Dems election manifesto

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have unveiled more details of how it will boost free childcare and education support for disadvantaged children if it forms the next government.

Conservatives offer funding boost for free childcare scheme

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

| CYP Now

The Conservative Party has promised to increase funding rates to early years providers, as part of its manifesto pledge to offer 30 hours of free childcare a week.

Youth charities receive social impact bond investment

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Friday, March 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A charity that aims to improve the lives of teenagers by recruiting them as mentors for vulnerable toddlers is among four programmes to win social impact bond (SIB) funding through the Youth Engagement Fund.

Children's centres bear brunt of Newcastle service cuts

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Friday, March 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Newcastle City Council has approved £3.2m worth of cuts to Sure Start and family services.

Councils receive funding to promote early years premium

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils are being handed £1.5m in extra funding to help prepare for the introduction of the early years pupil premium (EYPP).

Laws outlines Lib Dem pledges to boost childcare profession

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Improving the pay and status of early years professionals will be a key priority if the Liberal Democrats form part of the next government, the schools minister David Laws has said.

Charity raises fears over cuts to early help funding

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Monday, November 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Support services for vulnerable children are fast approaching a "tipping point" due to cuts to early intervention spending, Action for Children has warned.

Childcare minister launches drive to boost school early education provision

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to fund 26 schools to act as "champions" for providing early education to disadvantaged two-year-olds as part of a major drive to get schools more involved in delivering free childcare.

Play Wales wins funding and closure reprieve

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Play Wales has been saved from closure after being handed £400,000 by the Welsh government to support local efforts to encourage play and tackle poverty.

Greater focus on baby support for Central Bedfordshire children's centres

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Central Bedfordshire Council has voted to keep all nine of the area's children's centres open but with a greater focus on support for families with babies.

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

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Friday, September 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending on children's centres and early years services has been slashed by more than £400m in the space of just three years, government figures show.

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

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Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's plan to rely on school-based nurseries to deliver more free childcare places for two-year-olds has been described as "nonsensical", after latest figures reveal less than one in 10 of such settings are providing the free entitlement.

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

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Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged children in London could miss out on up to £1.1m of funding unless the £300 early years pupil premium is amended to reflect the capital's higher living costs, councils have warned.

LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Services for children and young people look set to bear the brunt of local authority funding cuts over the next two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

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Early years groups call for government to combine childcare support programmes

Free childcare expansion based on 'outdated' funding figures, claims Alliance chief

Nurseries pull out of 30-hour free childcare pilot over funding dispute

Spending Review: Extra £350m to deliver free childcare expansion

Peers vote for full funding review into free childcare expansion

Meagre pay could spark nursery staff shortage

Early education focus for Lib Dems election manifesto

Conservatives offer funding boost for free childcare scheme

Youth charities receive social impact bond investment

Children's centres bear brunt of Newcastle service cuts

Councils receive funding to promote early years premium

Laws outlines Lib Dem pledges to boost childcare profession

Charity raises fears over cuts to early help funding

Childcare minister launches drive to boost school early education provision

Play Wales wins funding and closure reprieve

Greater focus on baby support for Central Bedfordshire children's centres

Children's centres funding cut by £400m in three years

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

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