Press coverage 2014

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28 November

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12 November

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10 November

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28 October

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26 September

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23 September

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18 September

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1 September

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  • BBC South: Alliance chief executive Neil Leitch shares his concerns on the future of the two-year-old free entitlement offer.

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31 July

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26 June

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17 June

  • BBC Look East: A report on the Alliance’s successful bid for £40m in Big Lottery funding for our ‘Our Children, Our Community, Our Future’ project in Southend-on-Sea.

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18 February

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4 February

Alliance comments on government childcare plans in the media: Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, appeared on Sky News on Tuesday 4 February to discuss the Government’s plans to encourage schools to take children from two-years-old. Speaking in opposition to the plans, Neil said: “The Government has forgotten that children have a right to a childhood… There is very little in this policy that considers what is best for a child. This policy is about childcare on the cheap.”

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Alliance director of quality improvement Michael Freeston also criticised the proposals during an interview with ITV News, saying: “We mustn’t lose sight of the fact that any provision for two-year-olds must be age appropriate and suitable. Parents need to ask themselves if a large primary school environment is appropriate for their child, and the government needs to fund the existing care provision for two year olds more effectively.”

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