Sure Start director says childcare reform is for UK economy not children

Naomi Eisenstadt remembers her excitement as she started as the first director of the government’s Sure…

One in 10 childcare providers in England likely to close, official report finds

One in 10 childcare providers in England is facing closure and more than half are struggling…

Childcare workers’ union to seek 25% pay rise after Labor budget snub

The union representing early childhood educators has condemned the Albanese government’s failure to boost their pay…

Throwing money to subsidies aged care and childcare could make crisis ‘worse’

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume says at some point there needs to be “fresh eyes and…

$60m a day: soaring interest bill on Australia’s debt eclipses cost of childcare or infrastructure

Interest payments on commonwealth government debt will cost the federal budget $112bn over five years, or…

Labor says 1.2 million families to benefit from childcare subsidies in $9b budget boost

The Albanese government’s first full-year budget will contain $9bn more in childcare subsidies over four years…

Scottish parents must not be ‘short-changed’ on childcare by SNP, Tory will say

S cottish parents looking to return to work could be “short-changed” by the SNP, Scottish Conservative…

NYS Assembly gives legislators free childcare at unregulated center near Capitol

ALBANY – The state Assembly has transformed an Albany conference room into a free daycare center for…