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Labour warns parents face 'childcare deserts' with sector at risk of 'crashing' under Tories

In an interview with The Mirror, the Shadow Education Secretary accused Jeremy Hunt of "pouring petrol on a fire that is already raging". Earlier this month he announced plans to offer more free hours - without enough cash to prop up the struggling system

Daily Mirror

Bridget Phillipson says her single mum was 'pushed into poverty' over lack of childcare

Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, who grew up in a council house in Washington, Tyne and Wear, said her mum Clare didn't go back to work full time until she started school because no childcare was available.

Daily Mirror

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‘I grew up at the margins’: Bridget Phillipson on teachers’ strikes, Ofsted, Brexit and Corbyn

The shadow education secretary is determined to put childcare reform at the heart of Labour’s policy – and stop Jeremy Hunt stealing her thunder

The Guardian - UK

New £4bn childcare package for one and two year olds labelled 'economically illiterate'

Jeremy Hunt will provide an extra 30 hours free childcare a week to working parents of one and two year olds, as well as access to breakfast and after-school clubs for primary pupils

Daily Mirror

Give parents more free childcare in next week's Budget, voters demand in poll

Around six in 10 believe the Tories should massively expand free childcare to one and two-year-olds in England, according to the Redfield & Wilton poll for the Sunday Mirror

Daily Mirror

Labour would bring in annual safeguarding reviews for schools in England

Ofsted inspection process ‘isn’t working’, shadow education secretary tells headteachers

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Safeguarding concerns ‘missed’ due to infrequent school inspections – Labour

Too many girls are exposed to language, images and behaviours that no school should tolerate, Bridget Phillipson said.

The Independent UK

Labour pledges to overhaul England’s school ratings with ‘report card’

Shadow education secretary to announce policy aimed at giving parents more information than Ofsted’s current system

The Guardian - UK

Labour pledges to introduce annual school safeguarding review as part of reforms

The party would consult on a ‘report card’ to replace the four headline grades that Ofsted awards to schools, Bridget Phillipson will say.

The Independent UK

If Starmer wants a defining policy for government, this is it: childcare, childcare, childcare

Pen Green nursery’s plight shows why Labour again needs the radicalism of Sure Start, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Labour will ditch 'broken' Tory childcare model - instead of 'bolting on' free hours

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was time for a complete overhaul of the 'complex and confused' childcare system - and said 'bolting on' more hours would not fix it

Daily Mirror

Labour’s Phillipson calls for end to childcare ‘tinkering’

The shadow education secretary said she wanted to ‘move away’ from the current system of providing free childcare hours.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson criticised for making millions while rarely appearing in Commons

New figures show ex-PM’s outside pay this year accounts for about 85% of that for all MPs

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SNP leadership hopefuls take part in second televised debate – as it happened

Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf take part in debate hosted by Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy

The Independent UK

Price of childcare costs now an ‘eyewatering’ £15k per year

Increased prices are ‘freezing parents out of work’ and gaps in availability are ‘leaving disadvantaged children at risk’, a charity has warned

The Independent UK

Childcare place now costs an ‘eyewatering’ £15k per year

Increased prices are ‘freezing parents out of work’ and gaps in availability are ‘leaving disadvantaged children at risk’, a charity has warned.

Wales Online

More parents struggling to find childcare places and face ‘eye watering bills’

The average weekly price of 25 hours of nursery childcare for a child under two is now around £150 a week - and is forcing parents out of work

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The Independent UK

More families struggling to find childcare places and face ‘eye watering bills’

Increased prices are ‘freezing parents out of work’ and gaps in availability are ‘leaving disadvantaged children at risk’, a charity has warned.

The Guardian - UK

Some parents in England spending 80% of pay on childcare, study says

Two other studies also show there are insufficient places in half of the country’s councils

Daily Mirror

Children being 'consigned to bleak future' as waiting lists for special schools soar

Figures show the number of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who are either excluded or waiting for a school place has jumped by 29 per cent since 2020

Daily Mirror

Teachers rage at 'disgusting' Tory WhatsApp messages saying they 'really do hate work'

Teachers and unions have hit back after leaked WhatsApps between Sir Gavin and the-then Health Secretary Matt Hancock show the pair criticising staff for wanting to ensure schools were safe

Daily Mirror

Teachers blast 'sneering' Gavin Williamson WhatsApps saying they 'hate work'

Leaked WhatsApps between Sir Gavin Williamson and the-then Health Secretary Matt Hancock show the pair criticising hard-working staff for wanting to ensure schools were safe during the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Labour says government has created ‘perfect storm’ in England’s teaching workforce

Labour analysis shows recruitment down by third outside London compared with 2019

Evening Standard

Two children for each London nursery place with childcare provision in ‘dire state’

More than a third of parents will not have another child because childcare is too expensive

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