We are delighted to announce that Stephen Morgan MP and stellacreasy will join our panel discussion at Labour conference in partnership with LabourList 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/childcare-ea…

New research finds England is worse than peers for childcare availability. Parents in deprived areas and outside London fare worst. This isn't an accident but design: the poorest children are ineligible for 'free hours' so nurseries don't serve them. itv.com/news/2024-09-1…

As I say in this piece, opportunity begins in the early years, but without fair access to early education, so does inequality. This research highlights the scale of the challenge facing Labour. This underfunded, broken model is failing children and communities. We need reform.

Today I’m going to share some of the quotes from the research. researchgate.net/publication/38… It’s for reflection and it’s time for a rethink. EYs cannot continue in this way.

📢NEW WEBINAR Join us next week for the second webinar in our Autumn series exploring Labour's pledge for 500,000 children reach their Early Learning Goals by 2030. With LEYF Nurseries CREC Dingley's Promise Dr June O'Sullivan OBE Speech and Language UK Register here 👉 bit.ly/3B7vBuR

Join us at The Labour Party's 2024 Conference in Liverpool for our panel on the early years workforce. Under the new government there is a chance to rescue and reform early education. The foundation of that should be a rewarded and respected early years workforce. The EECC hosts a

And we're off. @CentreProPolicy and LabourList event on childcare and early years. Fab #LPC24 panel with Stephen Morgan MP stellacreasy Sarah Ronan and Annabel Smith

Labour will give every child the best start in life. We inherited a childcare pledge without a plan from the Tories, but Labour will fulfil the promises to parents and deliver. Good to join the LabourList Centre for Progressive Policy panel today #Lab24

This from Persuasion UK and IPPR is important context for childcare reform - a strong message that voters won't reward the status quo when it comes to public services, yet that's exactly what we have with the expansion of the current 30 hour offer

Ahead of next week's Budget, members of the EECC are calling on the Chancellor to make real the Government's commitment to early education and childcare with fair funding, fair access and a fair deal for early educators. Opportunity begins in the early years. #AutumnBudget24

Confirmation that the Chancellor will boost funding for breakfast clubs and provide an additional £1.8bn for the expansion of funded childcare, in line with promises made by the past Government to index-link funding rates for two years, is welcome. But it won't be enough to

Any extra funding for early years must take account of increased staffing costs as a result of NIC/NMW changes. If not, providers will have no choice but to pass the cost onto hard-working families in the form of higher fees, undermining the whole point of the childcare expansion

With 25% of settings planning to limit the number of places and 80% hiking fees, this Budget will undermine the expansion of funded childcare Coverage featuring EECC's Sarah Ronan, Neil Leitch Early Years Alliance, Dr June O'Sullivan OBE LEYF Nurseries & @PregnantScrewed 👇 thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

An own goal by Government here - the increase in NICs will undermine the expansion of funded childcare. They said the Tories made a 'pledge without a plan' and promised that Labour had the plan - I doubt that higher fees and fewer places were part of it. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

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Let’s really make change the only option: Become part of the ECEC movement! Have a listen to a podcast with Sarah Ronan developing networks & coalitions in an Early Years to share our powerful message with politicians, policy makers and public: leyf.org.uk/news/talking-e…

Today Coalition member Coram Family and Childcare released their #ChildcareSurvey2025. Coalition Director Sarah Ronan comments on the findings below, raising concerns about the emergence of a two-tier system with the poorest families paying more. Full response 👉tinyurl.com/3yt5wwav

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Our Director, Sarah Ronan said: “Childcare’s biggest customer is short-changing the sector, and it will be families who pay the price. If the government is serious about delivering on its promises to parents in September, it must act now.”