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Free childcare: How we are tackling the cost of childcare

Posted by: media officer, Posted on: 8 April 2024 - Categories: Childcare, childminders, early years, Funding

England has some of the highest quality childcare provision in the world, with 96% of early years settings rated by Ofsted as good or outstanding. But we recognise that childcare is also one of the biggest costs facing working families …

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Budget 2023: Everything you need to know about childcare support

Posted by: mediaofficer, Posted on: 16 March 2023 - Categories: Childcare, early years
Budget 2023 Childcare

Hundreds of thousands more working parents will be supported through an extension of the government funded childcare on offer, more than doubling the current support in place. This will help mums in particular to stay in work and keep the …

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Government response: free school meals debate

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 13 March 2018 - Categories: Uncategorized
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Today (Tuesday 13 March) there was a debate on four sets of regulations relating to Universal Credit (UC) following the spring budget statement in the House of Commons. This included...

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Education in the media: Friday 17 November 2017

Posted by: Media, Posted on: 17 November 2017 - Categories: Free School Meals, Universal Credit
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Today’s news review looks at our consultation on free school meals under Universal Credit.

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