09 Oct 2009 - Children & Young People Now
The government has published a draft code of practice for providers offering free childcare to three and four-year-olds.
The code sets out what is required from local authorities and childcare providers in order to ensure that every three- and four-...
03 Feb 2006 - BBC News
Increased state provision of free childcare could reduce the choice available to parents, employers say.
A report from the Confederation of British Industry says the problem is the government's failure to limit heavily subsidised state...
19 Apr 2013 - Children and Young People Now
The number of hours of free childcare for three- and four-year-olds in Scotland is to rise, the Scottish government has announced. A clause in the government's new Children and Young People Bill will increase the free entitlement by more than...
30 May 2012 - The Press Association
Almost 1,000 two-year-olds are to benefit from free childcare a year early after it was decided to bring forward trials in 10 areas in England to this September, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced.
He also announced changes to introduce...
24 Nov 2014 - Evening Times
Angela Constance was speaking at the start of an advertising campaign aimed at making parents and carers more aware of the expansion in free childcare. All three and four-year-olds are now entitled to 600 hours of funded care a year, with this being...