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The cases put forward by asylum-seeking parents and their children may be suffering due to a lack of childcare facilities in UK Border Agency offices, it has been claimed.

Four-fifths of councils unprepared for holiday childcare

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

| CYP Now

Only one in five local authorities are confident they have sufficient childcare in place to meet parental need over the summer holidays, according to research by childcare charity Daycare Trust.

Daycare Trust's Alison Garnham to join Child Poverty Action Group

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

| CYP Now

Daycare Trust chief executive Alison Garnham is to quit to take up the same role with the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG).

Shake-up to early years funding welcomed by 4Children

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Monday, July 26, 2010

| CYP Now

The charity 4Children has welcomed the government's backing for a single funding formula for the early years sector.

School staff told not to do the work of colleagues on strike

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| CYP Now

Education professionals who are not striking are being reminded not to take on extra work while their colleagues join the picket lines during tomorrow's mass strike action.

VAT cut little help to nurseries

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

| CYP Now

The cut in VAT announced by the Chancellor yesterday (24 November) will only lead to small savings for nurseries, says the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

Parents encouraged to oppose closure of Sure Start centres

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Monday, March 14, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents are being encouraged to form campaign groups to fight the closure of children's centres in their area.

Charities concerned over Happy Times closure

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Monday, December 8, 2008

| CYP Now

Children's charities have called on the government to ensure that children in early years education do not become "the next victims" of the current economic downturn.

Review calls for EYFS to be streamlined to cut down on bureaucracy

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

| CYP Now

Dame Clare Tickell has proposed that the 69 learning targets set out in the curriculum for under-fives be reduced to 17 to cut down on bureaucracy and increase practitioners' contact time with children.

Financial squeeze hits Sure Start and youth provision hardest, LGA study confirms

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Friday, April 1, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth provision and Sure Start are suffering heavier cuts than other children's services, a survey of council finance directors has confirmed.

Welfare reforms "flawed" says child poverty charity

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

| CYP Now

Government welfare reforms which will oblige the unemployed to prepare for work in return for benefits are "seriously flawed" according to campaigners against child poverty.

Children's services directors honoured in new year list

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Thursday, January 1, 2009

| CYP Now

Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan and Dudley DCS John Freeman are among more than 100 people honoured for their work with children and young people this new year.

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Free childcare for families to get back in to work

EYFS results show girls still outperform boys before school

Health and safety regulations to be changed to allow children to experience risk

Lack of childcare could harm asylum applications

Four-fifths of councils unprepared for holiday childcare

Daycare Trust's Alison Garnham to join Child Poverty Action Group

Shake-up to early years funding welcomed by 4Children

School staff told not to do the work of colleagues on strike

VAT cut little help to nurseries

Parents encouraged to oppose closure of Sure Start centres

Charities concerned over Happy Times closure

Review calls for EYFS to be streamlined to cut down on bureaucracy

Financial squeeze hits Sure Start and youth provision hardest, LGA study confirms

Welfare reforms "flawed" says child poverty charity

Children's services directors honoured in new year list

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