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Tulip Siddiq appointed shadow early years minister

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Oct 10, 2016
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Tulip Siddiq as shadow minister for the early years as part of his latest cabinet reshuffle.
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Tulip is MP for Hampstead and Kilburn and has previously worked as a local...Read more

Education secretary reveals social mobility ‘opportunity areas’

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Oct 6, 2016
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At the Conservative Party Conference earlier this week, Education secretary Justine Greening announced six areas across England as the most challenged in terms of social mobility.
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Blackpool, Derby, Norwich, Oldham,...Read more

Letter to nurseries over flu protection for under fives

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Oct 5, 2016
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Professor Dame Sally Davies, the government’s chief medical officer, has written a letter to nurseries, urging them to raise awareness of the childhood flu immunisation programme, Nursery World reports.
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Surge in tablet use among toddlers

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Sep 30, 2016
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A quarter of pre-school age children in Britain have their own touch-screen devices, compared to a mere 4% of children in 2012, market research company Childwise has claimed.
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In its latest report, Childwise also...Read more

Childcare costs to soar if DfE freezes early years funding

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Sep 29, 2016
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The Pre-school Learning Alliance has today warned that if the government goes ahead with plans to freeze early years funding rates until 2019/20, childcare costs are likely to be on the increase.
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