Parents feel the heat as holiday childcare prices rise at well above the rate of inflation
Our Holiday Childcare 2018 finds rising childcare prices and a lack of availability, leaving...
Holiday Childcare Survey 2018
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Response to the Treasury Select Committee report
In response to the Treasury Select Committee report into childcare support, Ellen Broomé,...
New tool to help local authorities assess local childcare market
26 March 2018
The Family and Childcare Trust, supported by the Mayor of London, have developed a Childcare...
30 hours: winners and losers among London childcare providers
26 March 2018
In 58 per cent of boroughs, childcare providers are receiving less in funding to deliver free...
Childcare prices surge at double rate of inflation, undermining Government’s new investments
28 February 2018
New Government investment is welcome, but this year’s childcare price surge shows that without...
Part time nursery place in Wales tops £6000 per year
28 February 2018
The average price for a part time nursery place for a child under two is more than double what...
Plateauing childcare prices spare Scottish parents from Britain wide price surge
28 February 2018
Scottish parents are offered some relief by a two per cent drop in childcare prices this year.
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