Calls grow for childcare workers to earn £15 an hour minimum wage and to end zero-hour contracts
‘Caring for and educating young children is skilled work, and the overwhelmingly female workforce deserves decent pay and conditions.’
‘Caring for and educating young children is skilled work, and the overwhelmingly female workforce deserves decent pay and conditions.’
We should give every parent 35 hours a week of free childcare.
A staffing crisis is mounting in early years care, writes children’s charity founder Emma Cantrell.
As Tower Hamlets ponders over closing its three remaining local authority nurseries, campaigners (and some brave councillors) are fighting to save them. Alena Ivanova writes.
In some parts of the UK, childcare now costs nearly £10,000 a year – with lower-income families among the hardest hit.
Parents are among the worst affected by austerity policies, we need to think outside the box to make things better for them.
Quantity over quality in early years education is damaging to the poorest children.
‘This relentless barrage instills a state of mild panic that our nervous systems aren’t designed to handle’
Labour would raise taxes to fund education and childcare
Nicola Sturgeon promises increased investment in health, education and childcare if re-elected