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One proposal being considered by the council is to close two maintained nurseries
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Maintained nurseries in Camden at risk of closure

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Parents in Wales benefiting from childcare offer but confusion over how scheme works

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The DfE survey found that fewer parents in deprived areas use formal childcare
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Parents in deprived areas less likely to use funded childcare

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Children's minister Maree Todd on a previous visit to a nursery in Scotland
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Scottish government says childcare expansion on track, despite some delays

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Council saves charity-run nurseries

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Bright Minds Daycare
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West Midlands group set for expansion in 2020

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Adam Price, the leader of Plaid Cymru
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Plaid Cymru manifesto: Welsh party pledges universal childcare from the age of one

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Busy Bees is closing its Chandler's Ford nursery in December
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Busy Bees to close ‘unviable’ nursery next month

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The Ofsted statistics reveal a further decline in the number of childminders
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Number of childminders falls by a fifth

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Settings are reporting parents becoming increasingly reluctant to pay any voluntary charges for funded hours
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Parents increasingly shunning 30 hours charges

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Safehands Day Nursery in Harrogate
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Just Childcare buys 60th setting

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The cost of delivering childcare has increased by 20 per cent since last year, finds the DfE survey
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Further concern for sector as DfE survey shows increasing childcare delivery costs

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According to Ofsted's chief inspector, 500 plus early years settings closed every month between Apri 2018 and March 2019
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More than 500 childcare settings closing each month

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Campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed want childcare to be subsidised from when children turn nine months old
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Cost of childcare forcing parents to quit their jobs

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Effra Early Years Centre in Lambeth
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Council joins teaching union call for urgent review of nursery school funding

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