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Councils in England have millions of pounds in unspent early years funding, most of which has never been re-allocated to childcare providers
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Exclusive: LEA early years underspend hits £62m

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Scotland is putting children's play and activities in its Covid-19 recovery plan
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Scotland commits to ‘Summer of Play’ for all children

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The Old Station buys Kent group in latest deal

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New conference to look at impact of lockdown on children's play

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Prime minister Boris Johnson visited a nursery in Greenford on 25 March to mark the launch of Andrea Leadsom's early years review PHOTO 10 Downing Street Twitter
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‘Start for Life’ support package to be launched for new parents

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Laura House: 'The influence of EYFS practitioners cannot be overstated when it comes to raising children to espouse the principles of tolerance and equality'
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Early years educators must teach children about gender equality

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A still from Barnardo's new TV campaign Believe in Me campaign, which highlights the importance of support services for children and young people who have experienced bereavement
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Barnardo's launches campaign to help parents talk to children about bereavement

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600,000 babies have been born in England since the first lockdown began
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Babies ignored in Government’s Covid catch-up plans, campaigners warn

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Meadow Lane Children's Nursery has a custom-built dome which was inspired by 'Escape to the Chateau' presenters Dick and Angel’s work and The Eden Project
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Award-winning nursery to star in Channel 4 show this summer

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The pandemic has likely led to many children with special educational needs and disabilities facing long wait for support
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Support for pupils with special educational needs is ‘erratic’ and ‘unequal’

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Charities join together to support healthy school holiday programme

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Early years settings will receive funding based on actual termly attendance levels for the summer and autumn terms of 2021
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DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

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Coronavirus: Children missed out on speech and language therapy in first lockdown

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Cyber attacks affecting education and early years settings are 'increasingly common', according to cyber security experts
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UK's cyber security experts give tips on how early years settings can protect themselves from hackers

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Some households have moved during the pandemic, which could lead to an increase in demand for childcare, particularly the South West and South East of England
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Data analysis targets changes in demand for childcare - survey

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Nurseries and pre-schools are being sent lateral flow devices for home testing for Covid-19
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Coronavirus: Nurseries and pre-schools start to receive home-testing kits

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