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Many families are struggling with rising food bills, leaving children at risk of going hungry and affecting their development PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Cost-of-living crisis hits households with children the most – study

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Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour party, delivered his speech on the party's five missions, PHOTO: Labour Party
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer pledges to invest in early language intervention

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88 per cent of councils said they are concerned that nursery closures in 2023 will be ‘significant’ and ‘undermine sufficiency’, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Nine in 10 councils warn that nursery closures will threaten expanded 30 hours

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The Nursery World Awards 2023 shortlist is out!

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Tony and Bev Driffield with 'Mama Bear', PHOTO: Mama Bears, taken before the deal with Grandir UK
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Mama Bear's nursery group sells a third of settings to Grandir UK

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The latest Ofsted figures reveal a drop in the number of childcare providers and places since last March, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Ofsted – net loss of 400 nurseries and tens of thousands of childcare places in one year

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The NDNA analysis reveals a rise in the number of nurseries that have closed over the last two financial years, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Deprived areas hit the hardest as nursery closures increase by 50 per cent

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The research by Ofsted suggests recruitment of early years staff is a challenge for most OECD countries , PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Recruitment and retention of early years staff a challenge for most countries, finds Ofsted

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Apples and Honey Nightingale, a childcare setting within the grounds of a care home, has launched a set of intergenerational practice qualifications, PHOTO: Apples and Honey
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UK's first intergenerational nursery launches accredited intergenerational qualifications

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Gill Jones, who now works for Busy Bees, has received an MBE for her services to education, PHOTO: Busy Bees
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Ofsted’s former deputy director of early education Gill Jones joins Busy Bees

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Reports suggest Labour is looking at making the funded hours means-tested if it wins the next general election, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Labour considers making the funded childcare hours means-tested, not universal

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Ofsted is to launch a consultation on plans to make it easier for early years providers and schools to lodge a complaint, PHOTO: Ofsted
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Ofsted to ‘significantly’ change complaints process

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The sector has accused Ofsted of ignoring the early years as the majority of its reforms only apply to schools, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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‘Unacceptable’ that changes to Ofsted inspections only apply to schools and not early years

Inspection
NDNA chief executive Purnima Tanuku (left) with children's minister Claire Coutinho at the association's annual conference at the Coventry Building Society Arena on 9 June 2023 PHOTO NDNA Twitter
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Children’s minister pledges to re-examine local authority top-slicing of early years funding

Policy & Politics
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Busy Bees adds two more nurseries in Scotland

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Harp Nurseries closed its Colchester site on 26 May, leaving it with 9 settings, SCREENGRAB: Harp Nurseries
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Harp Nurseries closes Colchester site, and now operates just a third of the nurseries acquired from Welcome

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