It is certainly packed – with points of interest, or hazards, perhaps, depending on your point of view.
It highlights the fact that we are only a short way into the 30 hours journey, and there will no doubt be plenty of bumps along the way until full implementation next September.
One major landmark has just been reached, however, and that is the Government’s response to the consultation on the early years national funding formula, so crucial to the whole journey.
There are some significant, and generally positive, changes to the proposals in the original consultation, not least a bit more money to raise the minimum rate received by local authorities to £4.30 (it’s not clear where this £30 million comes from, but it has been found from somewhere).
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