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Anna Freud has put forward its plan to shift the focus from urgent mental health care to early intervention and prevention, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Government urged to focus on early intervention to tackle 'unprecedented' mental health challenges for children

Health
The survey by Barnardo's reveals the scale of 'bed poverty', PHOTO: Barnardo's
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Children forced to sleep on the floor or on soiled and mouldy bedding due to poverty

Child Poverty
Speech and Language UK has set out an 'ambitious' five-year strategy to help children struggling with talking and understanding words, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Charity's five year strategy aims to help all children with speech and language challenges

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The LGA wants councils to be able to have the powers to open schools again, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Call for more maintained schools to open as they continue to outperform academies

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Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report

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The research by Working Families highlights how childcare costs are pushing low-income parents into debt, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Childcare costs push 4 in 10 working parents on low incomes into debt – research

Families
Campaigners are calling for a rise in the value of Healthy Start vouchers, which give low-income families access to fresh fruit and vegetables PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Concern young children missing out on Healthy Start scheme, as figures show a quarter of households with under-fours skip meals

Child Poverty
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged to reform childcare PHOTO Twitter
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Labour analysis shows growing cost of childcare for parents

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London is England’s ‘childcare affordability blackspot’, according to the Nesta analysis PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Parents could be spending up to 80 per cent of take-home pay on childcare – study

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The Women's Budget Group wants the Chancellor to commit to adequately fund childcare, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Chancellor urged to boost childcare funding by estimated shortfall

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SEND improvement plan – sector response

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The Government has pledged provision to support all families and children with SEND, regardless of where they live PHOTO Adobe Stock
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SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos

SEND
The survey revealed how some parents are having to reduce their working hours due to childcare costs or availability, PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Parents claim it doesn't make 'financial sense' to work due to childcare costs - survey

Childcare Costs
Ofsted highlights the recruitment crisis leading to nursery closures in its annual report PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Ofsted annual report – Workforce crisis affecting children's recovery from pandemic

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New research from Ofsted aims to help practitioners raise the quality of education they provide children impacted by the pandemic PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Ofsted review aims to help early years children 'catch up' post-pandemic

Provision
Zayn Malik has written to Rishi Sunak calling for the expansion of free school meals PHOTO Supplied by Food Foundation
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Zayn Malik adds name to growing list calling on PM to expand free school meals

Child Poverty

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