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Alliance calls on government to admit 30-hours funding crisis

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Sep 22, 2016
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The Pre-school Learning Alliance has said that the government must 鈥渃ome clean鈥 about the problems with the funding of the 30-hours free childcare scheme.
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The Department for Education ran a consultation on early...Read more

Healthy eating impacts children鈥檚 literacy, study claims

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Sep 19, 2016
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Researchers in Finland have claimed that a healthy diet has a significant impact on children鈥檚 literacy skills.
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The universities of Eastern Finland and Jyv盲skyl盲 studied 161 children between the ages of six and...Read more

Report calls for government to scrap 30-hours offer

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Sep 7, 2016
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has called on the government not to implement the 30-hours offer, in a report titled, 鈥榃e can solve poverty in the UK鈥.
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Released yesterday, the report proposes that the existing 15...Read more

Number of childcare providers closing down near doubles in one year

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Aug 31, 2016
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The number of childcare providers going bust has nearly doubled in the last year due to the 鈥渟oaring costs鈥 of childcare, accountancy firm Moore Stephens has claimed.
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29 providers closed down in England and Wales in...Read more

Alliance chief raises concerns over viability of 30 hours offer

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Aug 26, 2016
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Pilots of the 30-hours free childcare scheme are due to start next month, but Neil Leitch, chief executive at the Pre-school Learning Alliance, is concerned about its viability.
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The government...Read more

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