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‘Significant’ staffing challenges may be barrier to funded childcare expansion

Nurseries may not have enough staff to deliver the Government’s expansion of free childcare, researchers have warned. Workforce challenges must be addressed to ensure the early years sector can recruit and retain staff to meet the demands of the ...

01 Sept 2025 at 00:01

Scottish Tories back private nursery campaign over free childcare funding

The Scottish Conservatives have backed a campaign by the private nursery sector. Speaking on a visit to a nursery in North Lanarkshire on Thursday, the party’s deputy leader Meghan Gallacher called for an end to “disparity” of funding through ...

13 Jun 2024 at 11:15

Scotland

MSPs urge work to establish if free 1,140 hours of childcare ‘at risk’

Work should be carried out to establish if nursery workers switching from the private sector to council-run establishments pose a risk to the delivery of the Scottish Government’s flagship commitment on childcare, MSPs have said. Ministers ...

04 Nov 2022 at 18:16

Personal Finance

Parents urged to check whether they could get childcare costs top-up

Parents are being urged to check whether they could be eligible for funding towards their childcare costs. More than 401,300 families collectively benefited from £44.4 million in government funding towards childcare costs in September ...

16 Nov 2022 at 13:31

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