More than 1,000 centres to help parents with young children face being axed under a Conservative government, Labour has claimed. The Conservatives’ “extreme” spending plans are set to lead to
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Plans to scrap free full-time nursery care for children aged three have been given the go ahead by Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) council. Under the new system, children aged three
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A former nursery manager has been found guilty of raping a three-year-old boy and sexually abusing a girl, at the High Court in Glasgow today. Mark Maclennan, aged 30 from
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A nursery manager has gone on trial at the High Court in Glasgow accused of raping a toddler and sexually abusing two other children at a Lochaber nursery. Mark Maclennan,
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A nursery in Perth has been given top marks by inspectors for the second inspection in a row. Inspectors from the Care Inspectorate graded Fairview School Nursery as “excellent” across
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An Aberdeen nursery has been told it must continue to make significant improvements after an inspection graded it “unsatisfactory” for the quality of care and support provided to children. The
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More than 300,000 parents have not returned to work because of the UK’s “ineffective” childcare policies, a new report has claimed. One in four unemployed mothers wanted to work, but
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Higher costs of regulation and the new Childminders Agencies seeking profits will lead to already hard pressed parents and childminders meeting additional costs says childminders body. The Independent Childminders trade
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A nursery in Renfrewshire has been told it must make improvements after the quality of care and support it provided to children was graded unsatisfactory by inspectors. It follows an
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A new report published today by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) exposes the worrying shortcomings in childcare provision in Scotland. In particular, it says that many clients find that provision is
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