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There's no evidence for childcare ratios change

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 27, 2023
    • | CYP Now
A decade on from its initial failed attempt, the Conservative government has finally decided to push ahead with plans to increase the number of two-year-olds a childcare practitioner can look after.

Sure Start is worth shouting about

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 8, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The post-war Labour government bequeathed us the NHS. Under New Labour, the creation of Sure Start children's centres is the one public service programme to stand any resemblance to that achievement.

Editorial: Childcare proposals have political importance

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 22, 2008
    • | CYP Now
The think-tank Policy Exchange has proposed a bold alternative to childcare funding for under-threes this week, signalling a clear challenge to the present system. As revealed by CYP Now last week, and followed up in this edition (p13), the Little Britons report calls for the creation of a universal Parental Care Allowance (PCA) of 50 to 60 a week per child. It would be financed through the abolitions of the childcare element of the working tax credit, electronic vouchers for childcare payments and the Sure Start Maternity Grant.

Sure Starts need poverty training

    News
  • Tuesday, September 18, 2007
    • | CYP Now
Children's centre workers should be given training on the impact of poverty and disadvantage on family life to help achieve Sure Start's goals.

Help small charities prove their worth

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 29, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The Teens and Toddlers programme featured this week has managed to build up a solid evidence base of its effectiveness in helping young people, giving it the opportunity to expand across the UK.

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