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					<title><![CDATA[Tory government Sure Start worry]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The chief executive of Barnardo's has voiced fears over the Conservative Party's commitment to Sure Start.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Partnerships prove difficult to work]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/851588/Partnerships-prove-difficult-work/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Six months since the Childcare Act 2006 came into force, a senior government official has admitted that children's centres are struggling to work with Jobcentre Plus.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Centre leaders pay lags head teachers']]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A senior official at the Department for Children, Schools and Families has admitted to a continued lack of progress on paying children's centres leaders the same as head teachers.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Centre set to pay trustees for services]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/851585/Centre-set-pay-trustees-services/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The voluntary sector's representative body has criticised a children's centre's plan to pay some trustees £5,000 each in a bid to improve services.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Work Wise: Consultation of the week - Legislating for Sure Start Children's Centres]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/851554/Work-Wise-Consultation-week---Legislating-Sure-Start-Childrens-Centres/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The government is consulting on proposals to give Sure Start children's centres a legal basis as part of the forthcoming Education and Skills Bill.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Workers to learn from forest schools]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A group of 17 early years professionals have been flown out to Denmark to learn more about the methods used by its kindergartens and forest schools.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Non-state settings lack voice in forums]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/849805/Non-state-settings-lack-voice-forums/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The representation of non-state early years settings on schools forums is still a "very mixed picture" despite government expectations, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has claimed.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Scottish workforce to set out values]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/849804/Scottish-workforce-set-values/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[A statement of shared values for people who work with young children is being drawn up for Scotland's forthcoming early years strategy.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[The Pre-school Learning Alliance]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/849756/Pre-school-Learning-Alliance/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The Pre-school Learning Alliance provides affordable childcare.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Post-traumatic stress affects two-year-olds]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/849493/Post-traumatic-stress-affects-two-year-olds/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Children as young as two can develop post-traumatic stress syndrome, according to latest research.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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