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£80m Life Chances Fund opens to early years bids

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  • Thursday, January 5, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Early years organisations delivering high quality, evidence-based interventions can apply for a slice of funding worth £80m, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Cabinet Office have announced.

Childcare leaders reject 30-hour funding plans

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  • Thursday, September 22, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Early years groups have warned that government plans to offer 30 hours a week of free childcare from next year will only work if nurseries are allowed to levy charges on parents for using the entitlement.

Call for post-Brexit clarity on 30-hour childcare

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  • Tuesday, June 28, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Early years organisations have called on the government to provide clarity on flagship plans to extend free childcare to 30 hours a week in the aftermath of the UK's decision to leave the European Union.

Nurseries U-turn on 30-hour childcare pilot

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  • Tuesday, June 7, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Nurseries in one of the areas piloting 30 hours of free childcare have reversed a decision not to take part in the scheme after the government offered them more money.

Fresh funding fears over 30-hour free childcare plans

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  • Tuesday, May 17, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Fresh concerns have been raised about the value of a high-profile government trial of extended 30-hour free childcare provision after it emerged that nurseries taking part will only receive higher funding rates for the additional 15 hours.