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Health visitor funding and better childcare needed to support new parents, say MPs

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Thursday, October 7, 2021

| CYP Now

MPs have called for a strengthening of support for those that became parents during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sector leaders vow to oppose relaxation of childcare ratios

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Monday, October 4, 2021

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have hit out at rumoured government plans to relax childcare ratios.

High Court rules DWP’s Universal Credit childcare payment system unlawful

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Friday, January 22, 2021

| CYP Now

The government’s Universal Credit childcare payments system has been ruled unlawful by the High Court in a case brought by a single mother.

Childcare providers face sharp rise in costs

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Monday, March 4, 2019

| CYP Now

Costs to childcare providers have risen sharply over the last three years, a government-funded study suggests.

Initiative aims to tackle stress in early years workforce

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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

| CYP Now

Early years providers are urged to take part in a government-backed initiative which aims to cut stressors that are "taking their toll" on the workforce.

Childminders leave sector at rate of six-a-day

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

| CYP Now

An average of six childminders a day left the sector in the three months ending in March this year, new figures show.

MPs call on government to increase 30 hours childcare funding

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Monday, March 26, 2018

| CYP Now

The amount the government gives providers to fund the 30 hours free childcare entitlement is based on "outdated" information and needs to be increased, the treasury select committee has concluded.

Thousands of parents yet to receive 30 hours childcare confirmation

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Monday, January 15, 2018

| CYP Now

Nearly 60,000 eligibility codes for the second term of the government's 30 hours free childcare initiative have yet to be validated, government figures show.

Free childcare take-up tops 200,000

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 200,000 children have benefitted from the government's extended free childcare initiative during the first term, figures have shown.

Childminder numbers fall by a quarter since 2012

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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of childminders has plummeted by more than 25 per cent over the last five years, according to latest Ofsted registration figures.

Childcare costs rise seven times faster than income

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Friday, October 20, 2017

| CYP Now

Childcare costs have increased up to seven times faster than wages in some areas since 2008, analysis by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed.

Thousands of parents 'unable to access 30 hours free childcare'

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 20,000 eligible parents are yet to claim the extended 30 hours of free childcare, more than six weeks after the flagship government initiative launched, it has emerged.

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

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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.

'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.

Labour accuses government of failing parents on 30 hours free childcare offer

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is failing parents over the implementation of 30 hours free childcare due to problems they are facing in registering for the scheme, Labour has said.

Morgan demands answers on 30 hours' free childcare website glitches

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Former Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has called for answers as to why the website for parents to apply for 30 hours of free childcare has been experiencing technical problems, indicating that the matter could be investigated by the treasury select committee.

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.

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.

Rise in childcare places in areas piloting 30 hours offer

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| CYP Now

There has been an increase in the number of childcare places available in areas piloting the extended 30 hours offer, although the overall number of registered childminders is continuing to fall, Ofsted figures have shown.

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Health visitor funding and better childcare needed to support new parents, say MPs

Sector leaders vow to oppose relaxation of childcare ratios

High Court rules DWP’s Universal Credit childcare payment system unlawful

Childcare providers face sharp rise in costs

Initiative aims to tackle stress in early years workforce

Childminders leave sector at rate of six-a-day

MPs call on government to increase 30 hours childcare funding

Thousands of parents yet to receive 30 hours childcare confirmation

Free childcare take-up tops 200,000

Childminder numbers fall by a quarter since 2012

Childcare costs rise seven times faster than income

Thousands of parents 'unable to access 30 hours free childcare'

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

'Parents to face additional charges' for 30 hours childcare

Labour accuses government of failing parents on 30 hours free childcare offer

Morgan demands answers on 30 hours' free childcare website glitches

Labour appoints shadow childcare minister

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

Dinenage moves on from childcare role

Rise in childcare places in areas piloting 30 hours offer

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