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Free childcare for 30 hours a week? It sounds too good to be true – and for worse-off families, it is

Early-years education can determine a child’s future – which is why a Labour government must make it a priority, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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‘We are laying the path for these children’: why early years education should never be undervalued

The prominence Liverpool Hope University places on its early years education training and research reflects its commitment to help children and society

The Guardian - UK

There are lessons to be learned on nursery schools

Letters: Carolyn Meggitt, Lise Bosher and Sally Cheseldine respond to Labour’s plans for education for the under-fours

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Belfast mum says Sure Start funding guarantee is "amazing news"

"I'll be honest, I was in the office and I did a wee jump and a dance and the girls were laughing, I was all bizz"

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Sure Start and youth services funding cuts avoided

The announcement that funding was being made available was made on Thursday.

Belfast Live

Gateshead councillors slam "pathetic" government funding for children and families

Councillors believe £3m of central government funding is no where near enough to help families and children in Gateshead

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Sure Start director says childcare reform is for UK economy not children

Naomi Eisenstadt, first programme lead, says there is lack of attention on what childcare is actually for

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Sure Start potential cuts 'stripping away kids' futures' says NI mum

"At the end of the day it does take a village to raise a child, and Sure Start was our village in our time of need."

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Our first few years as a child can determine the rest of our lives

If we get those early years right, we can avoid so much harm later in life. So why don’t we properly support parents?, says Beverley Barnett-Jones of Nuffield Family Justice Observatory

The Guardian - UK

‘I grew up at the margins’: Bridget Phillipson on teachers’ strikes, Ofsted, Brexit and Corbyn

The shadow education secretary is determined to put childcare reform at the heart of Labour’s policy – and stop Jeremy Hunt stealing her thunder

The Guardian - UK

Children are a numbers game to Jeremy Hunt and his ilk

Letters: David Blunkett says the chancellor has distorted the truth about childcare in his budget statement, while Tony Roberts says the Tories have always misunderstood the importance of early years provision. Plus letters from Margaret Varley and Ursula Shone

The Guardian - UK

Childcare costs are the reason why many parents don’t return to work

Letters: Anne Johns bemoans the disappearance of au pairs, Anne Tyndale hopes for a return of Labour’s Sure Start programme, and Alice Schofield on affording childcare for twins

The Guardian - UK

If Starmer wants a defining policy for government, this is it: childcare, childcare, childcare

Pen Green nursery’s plight shows why Labour again needs the radicalism of Sure Start, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Labour will ditch 'broken' Tory childcare model - instead of 'bolting on' free hours

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was time for a complete overhaul of the 'complex and confused' childcare system - and said 'bolting on' more hours would not fix it

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'I always dreamed of being a mum - I was told autism would stop me'

Terri Loughman, 39, wants to share her story to provide hope to other women

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Prisons are an overflowing, squalid, absurd waste of money. So why do the public want more of them?

We know longer sentences do more harm than good. Let’s focus our resources on threadbare public services instead, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Loneliness is a struggle for new parents – can we all stop pretending everything’s ok?

Isolation, exacerbated by social pressure and cuts to services, can lead to postnatal depression, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Manchester Evening News

Row erupts after Salford Tory calls for 'cycle of young single mums in city to be broken'

Furious backlash from Salford's controlling Labour group

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What happened to us, the children of the 1960s? We have it all: we need to give some back

UK politics is in thrall to my postwar cohort. That’s to the country’s detriment, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Chronicle Live

Benefits, vouchers and help for parents struggling with cost of living crisis to claim

Inflation, energy bills, and stagnant wages are making lives harder and harder for families, but there is some help you can get

Daily Mirror

All the benefits and support for parents over the school holidays including food vouchers

With just weeks to go until the kids break up, we round up all the benefits and support you can get - from free food vouchers to support groups and ways to cut your childcare costs

The Guardian - UK

The Tories have decimated children’s futures. Now, they want more nursery cuts

Years of brutalism have stunted early years care. After this latest plan to cut more staff, many children may never catch up, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Chronicle Live

Sure Start centres in Northumberland to be replaced with a 'family hub' model

The aim of the change is to provide support for families with children of all ages

The Guardian - UK

Influential Pen Green children’s centre saved from closure after council U-turn

North Northamptonshire council announces midway through packed meeting it would keep nursery afloat – in short term

The Guardian - UK

Influential Pen Green children’s centre faces closure due to council cuts

Model for integrated early-years care that inspired Sure Start programme to lose ‘75% of our funding’

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