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Bright Stars nursery group, formerly ICP Education, has had its childcare funding withdrawn for four of its sites in East Lothian.

A campaign group says it has been "inundated" with messages about nurseries going out of business suddenly.

A campaign group says it has been "inundated" with messages about nurseries going out of business suddenly.

Fifteen councils have still to set funding rates for free childcare places for the new school year

As minister calls for England to adopt Scottish childcare ratios, experts say the systems are very different.

With childcare ratios yet again in the spotlight, what do the Government’s plans to align England with Scotland really mean for early years settings? Catherine Gaunt reports

The Government is being urged to ‘think carefully’ about how to support parents who need help with childcare costs as research highlights how current policies support a minority of families.

Opportunities as a result of covid and they need more support, not less, and research backs that and at the same time we have an under pressure workforce that needs again, more support, not less. the government is talking about levelling up in general, early years is a fantastic opportunity to start childrens learning and kept them on a really good path.— a really good path. jonathan, thanks so much we — a really good path. jonathan, thanks so much we must _ a really good path. jonathan, tha...

Early years organisations have expressed frustration that the expansion of the official list of Covid symptoms has come just days after free testing ended in England.

Nurseries are being forced to close rooms, or in some cases, their entire setting, while others are being downgraded by Ofsted, due to the worsening recruitment crisis.