Childcare now constitutes around 60% of the overall cost of raising a child in the UK.
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The autumn statement failed to deliver for the early years sector, which will struggle to deliver an expansion in childcare promised in the 2023 spring budget.
Brave thinking is needed to solve the problems with childcare.
Policies which focused on improving children’s experiences while developing the early years workforce may have looked very different.
Whether it’s a special treat or family traits, children’s risk of being overweight or obese is strongly linked to their grandparents.
The NSW and Victorian preschool funding announcements are likely to increase the growing focus on early childhood education, which is shaping up to be a major issue.
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Former Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
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Director International Montessori Institute, Leeds Beckett University
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Associate Professor in Early Childhood Studies, University of Plymouth
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Professor of Global Labour, University of Leeds
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Professor of Gender and Employment Relations, University of Leeds
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Senior Research Fellow at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds
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PhD Candidate in the School for Business and Society, University of York
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Lecturer in the department for Economics and Related Studies, University of York
