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Nursery staff 'require pay cut' for 30 hours childcare to be sustainable

Monday, September 4, 2017

| CYP Now

For government's new 30-hour free childcare initiative to be sustainable, nurseries would have to pay their staff below the minimum wage to break even, a think-tank has claimed.

Fresh funding concerns emerge as free 30 hour childcare launches

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Friday, September 1, 2017

| CYP Now

More than one in 10 childcare providers do not intend to offer extended free childcare, a government-commissioned study published to coincide with the launch of the flagship initiative has found.

'Parents to face additional charges' for 30 hours childcare

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Half of early years providers plan to increase or introduce extra charges to parents to recoup the cost of offering the government's 30 hours of free childcare policy, it has been claimed.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on sharing expertise, an unhappy foster child, privacy for a gay colleague and illness at nursery.

Nurseries to charge parents and restrict places for 30 hours offer

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Friday, August 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Most nurseries planning to offer 30 hours free childcare will only do so by charging parents and restricting numbers, due to concerns over the level of funding on offer, a survey has revealed.

Children's Food Trust announces closure

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Friday, July 21, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity set up by the government to improve the quality of school meals has announced its closure, four years after its government funding was pulled.

Goodwill: Childcare website glitches have been 'ironed out'

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Robert Goodwill has admitted that technical "glitches" have affected the introduction of systems for parents to register for 30 hours of free childcare, but claims the problems have now been "ironed out".

Labour appoints shadow childcare minister

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Monday, July 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Labour has announced that a former Coronation Street actor will be the party's new shadow childcare minister.

Ask the Experts: Making staff training engaging

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on effective staff training, inappropriate relationships, benefits advice and safeguarding concerns.

Childcare spending suffers real-terms cut in quarter of local authorities

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Childcare funding has suffered a real-terms cut in more than a quarter of local authorities in England over the past five years despite additional government funding, an investigation has found.

Dinenage moves on from childcare role

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Caroline Dinenage has been moved to a new role at the Department for Work and Pensions, it has emerged.

Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

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Monday, June 12, 2017

| CYP Now

Local authorities are making "unfair and unbalanced" early years funding decisions because the sector is underrepresented on official decision-making forums, a childcare organisation has claimed.

Ask the Experts: 'Teenage boy in care won't speak'

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on engaging with children, suspicions of neglect, nursery creativity and community youth work.

Nursery providers criticise 'unacceptable' childcare website problems

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Childcare providers have criticised technical problems that have prevented parents from registering for tax-free childcare and free hours entitlement.

Lib Dems and Labour promise to increase paternity leave

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Friday, May 12, 2017

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to offer fathers an additional month's paid paternity leave as part of efforts to boost shared parental responsibility, exceeding proposals set out in Labour's draft manifesto.

Ask the Experts: How should social workers dress?

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on social worker appearance, bereavement support, youth club newcomers and learning to count.

Providers criticise 'vague' free childcare guidance

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Monday, April 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Guidance issued by the government on how local authorities and early years providers should manage the expanded 30 hours of free childcare being introduced in September has been criticised for being too vague.

Nearly one in five nurseries set to make a loss

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

| CYP Now

The proportion of nurseries expecting to make a loss has almost doubled over the last year, a survey of providers has revealed.

Call for 30-hour childcare to be scrapped in favour of means-testing system

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Monday, April 17, 2017

| CYP Now

The government should halt its planned introduction of 30 hours of free childcare each week in favour of a more targeted approach that benefits low income families, a think-tank has said.

Ask the Experts: Families benefit from genograms

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

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Our expert panel offers advice on genograms in social work, drop-in centre anger, farming inspiration and talking to parents.

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Nursery staff 'require pay cut' for 30 hours childcare to be sustainable

Fresh funding concerns emerge as free 30 hour childcare launches

'Parents to face additional charges' for 30 hours childcare

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

Nurseries to charge parents and restrict places for 30 hours offer

Children's Food Trust announces closure

Goodwill: Childcare website glitches have been 'ironed out'

Labour appoints shadow childcare minister

Ask the Experts: Making staff training engaging

Childcare spending suffers real-terms cut in quarter of local authorities

Dinenage moves on from childcare role

Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

Ask the Experts: 'Teenage boy in care won't speak'

Nursery providers criticise 'unacceptable' childcare website problems

Lib Dems and Labour promise to increase paternity leave

Ask the Experts: How should social workers dress?

Providers criticise 'vague' free childcare guidance

Nearly one in five nurseries set to make a loss

Call for 30-hour childcare to be scrapped in favour of means-testing system

Ask the Experts: Families benefit from genograms

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