Opinion: Who Can Afford £225 a Week for Childcare?
Edie Miller
Labour has promised free breakfast clubs for primary school children. But fixing Britain’s broken childcare system will take more than a bowl of cornflakes, writes Edie Miller.
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Report: Early Years Practitioners Are Being Forced Into Work During Lockdown. Now They’re Getting Organised
Sophie K Rosa
While teachers have fought for and won the closure of schools during lockdown, early years settings are being forced to stay open. Now, practitioners are starting to get organised. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Report: Big Business Is Muscling in on the UK’s Nursery Racket
Sophie K Rosa
In Germany and France, around 3-4% of nurseries are private; in the UK, 84% are. All the evidence suggests that these nurseries provide worse childcare and working conditions. Is this the free market doing its thing, or the result of government negligence? Sophie K Rosa reports.
Childcare Costs: How the Government Is Failing Both Parents and Providers
Lily Canter
This September a flagship government scheme will be rolled out across the country with the promise of providing 30 free childcare hours a week to all three and four-year-olds. But in reality parents and early years providers will have to plug a funding gap, with some nurseries already forced to shut down.