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EPI report says election manifestos show 鈥榗oncerning lack of engagement鈥 with key issues facing the early years sector

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The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has released analysis of the key manifesto pledges for education, highlighting their lack of focus on key issues affecting the early years sector.Read more

Conservatives confirm early years expansion plans in manifesto

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The Conservative Party has launched its manifesto today, confirming the rollout of the early entitlement expansion, as planned.聽聽Read more

Liberal Democrats launch election manifesto with promise to invest in early years education

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The Liberal Democrats have launched their election manifesto, in which they pledge to invest in the early years sector, and ensure early education and childcare access that is 鈥渇lexible, affordable and fair鈥 for all families.Read more

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100,000 new early education and childcare places pledged by Labour聽

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The Labour party has announced it will create 100,000 additional early education and childcare places for children from nine months old, through 3,334 new nurseries as part of its plan to meet demand in under-served areas.Read more

Voters call on next government to prioritise early years as much primary school

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Most voters want political parties to prioritise the early years sector, new research out today from the Early Education and Childcare Coalition shows.聽Read more

New 新澳门六合彩官网开奖/ONS analysis prompts concern about equality of early years access

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New joint analysis from 新澳门六合彩官网开奖 and the 新澳门六合彩官网开奖 for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed significant disparities between availability of early years settings across England.聽Read more

40,000 more staff and 84,500 places needed by 2025 to meet increased early entitlement demand, PAC warn

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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has published a letter to the Department for Education (DfE) highlighting challenges in meeting the number of early education and childcare places available for the entitlement expansion.聽Read more

Investing in the early years holds untold benefits both for business and wider society, report shows

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Prioritising the early years has the potential to benefit the UK鈥檚 economy, according to a new report released today.Read more

Early Education and Childcare Coalition launches new Rescue and Reform manifesto

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The Early Education and Childcare Coalition (EECC) has today launched its new manifesto, which sets out proposals to 鈥榬escue and reform鈥 England鈥檚 early education and childcare sectorRead more

56,000 early education and childcare places lost since 2019, research shows

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The number of early education and childcare places in England fell by 56,000 between 2019 and August 2023, representing a 4.3% fall in places, new research by the House of Commons Library shows.Read more

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