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25 April 2002, Nursery World

Are nannies about to become an endangered species? That is one interpretation that could be put on the Budget proposal last week that parents be eligible to claim childcare tax...

Confusion over new 'home childcarers'

25 April 2002, Nursery World

Nannies face having to register as childminders in order to work as 'home childcarers' or see their jobs go to other registered childminders under a scheme being proposed by the...

Children from Shaftesbury Park School in Battersean Battersea

25 April 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Children from Shaftesbury Park School in Battersea, London, met Chancellor Gordon Brown at 11 Downing Street on Budget day last week on behalf of the End Child Poverty...

Staff pay hike could hit nursery fees

25 April 2002, Nursery World

Day nurseries in England will have to find an additional £21.4m a year to pay for this autumn's 10p increase in the National Minimum Wage, according to the National Day...

Childcare information

25 April 2002, Nursery World

Childcare information is now available at the click of a button with an interactive TV service launched by the Department for Education and Skills last week. Available throughout England on...

Day nurseries

25 April 2002, Nursery World

Day nurseries will meet to consider how to develop quality care in the current economic climate at a conference next month organised by the National Day Nurseries Association. Topics at...

Quote of the week

25 April 2002, Nursery World

'To deal with a particular grievance of parents who work irregular hours or have disabled children, I have decided that support for childcare costs should include help with approved childcare...

Scottish nursery

25 April 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Scottish nursery owner Mairi Maciver Clark fended off cartoon characters and a squad of jogging firefighters to complete last week's London Marathon in just under four hours. After...

'Postcode play' funding attacked

25 April 2002, Nursery World

The head of a charity representing children's play has described the state of Britain's playgrounds as unacceptable. Tim Gill, director of the Children's Play Council (CPC) at the National Children's...

Centre leads way on early years services

25 April 2002, Nursery World

Anew centre for research and development with children and families was officially opened by the minister for education and young people, Cathy Jamieson, on Monday. The Childhood and Families: Research...