Bid to lift childcare standards
Childcare centres will be forced to meet minimum staff ratios and will be ranked to allow parents to compare quality, under a sweeping overhaul.
The Age,
Sat Dec 05 05:38:18 PST 2009
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Childcare rebates cost $3bn each year
HELPING parents with childcare fees now costs the Federal Government more than $3 billion a year, figures show.
Sydney Morning Herald,
Sat Dec 05 05:22:29 PST 2009
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Legislators weigh in on childcare battle
The childcare subsidy program battle continues and now state legislators are weighing in. Senate and...
KHNL News 8 Honolulu,
Fri Dec 04 20:48:28 PST 2009
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Brown U-turns on childcare cuts
Plans to scrap tax breaks for childcare have been cancelled by Downing Street, according to media reports.
Politics.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News,
Fri Dec 04 01:31:47 PST 2009
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Childcare club forced to close
ONE of the longest running childcare clubs in the country is being forced to close at Christmas after three decades.
Hartlepool Mail,
Fri Dec 04 05:26:16 PST 2009
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Plan to cut childcare scaled back
Guardian Unlimited,
Fri Dec 04 03:56:18 PST 2009
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Labour MPs force childcare change
Plans to scrap tax breaks for childcare have been scaled back after a revolt by Labour MPs.
BBC News,
Thu Dec 03 09:28:58 PST 2009
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NTUC First Campus tackling shortage of childcare teachers
THE childcare sector faces a shortage of teachers as enrolments increase and more centres are built to meet rising demand, Chan Tee Seng, chief executive of NTUC First Campus, said yesterda...
AsiaOne,
Thu Dec 03 20:41:26 PST 2009
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Record 89% of childcare places filled
CHILDCARE enrolments are at an all-time high here with 89 per cent of places already filled. As at October, 55,000 children below the age of seven were in child care.
AsiaOne,
Thu Dec 03 20:41:05 PST 2009
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State Defends Cutting Childcare Subsidies
State lawmakers will question the Department of Human Services director on cuts to childcare subsidies.
KITV Honolulu,
Thu Dec 03 23:11:49 PST 2009
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Brown backs down over childcare benefits
Prime Minister Gordon Brown reversed a plan to scrap a tax break for childcare payments on Thursday after a threatened parliamentary revolt by members of his Labour party.
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News,
Thu Dec 03 14:48:00 PST 2009
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Childcare kids are more naughty
CHILDREN in childcare may learn to throw tantrums from other kids, according to the author of a study that found children looked after by parents are better behaved.
The Courier Mail,
Thu Dec 03 16:34:00 PST 2009
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Brown U-turn on childcare vouchers
Parents of young children are celebrating a Government U-turn which has preserved tax relief on childcare vouchers.
Channel 4,
Thu Dec 03 17:14:45 PST 2009
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Gordon Brown drops plan to end childcare voucher tax relief
THE Prime Minister yesterday ditched plans to scrap tax relief on childcare vouchers after coming under pressure from Labour backbenchers.
The Scotsman,
Thu Dec 03 16:11:23 PST 2009
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Brown in U-turn over tax relief for childcare
Gordon Brown has ditched plans to scrap tax relief on childcare vouchers after coming under pressure from Labour backbenchers.
Independent,
Thu Dec 03 16:07:42 PST 2009
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Brown U-turn on childcare vouchers
Gordon Brown has ditched plans to scrap tax relief on childcare vouchers after coming under pressure from Labour backbenchers, Downing Street has said.
Channel 4,
Thu Dec 03 13:29:04 PST 2009
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Brown ditches plans to scrap tax relief on childcare vouchers
Gordon Brown bowed to backbench pressure last night and ditched plans to scrap tax relief on childcare vouchers.
Times Online,
Thu Dec 03 15:40:27 PST 2009
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State cuts will affect childcare
Thousands of low-income and working families stand to lose affordable childcare across the state due to a $4.4 million budget cut made by Governor Deval Patrick
Roslindale Transcript,
Thu Dec 03 12:50:01 PST 2009
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Childcare training at NORWESCAP
Hampton NORWESCAP Child & Family Resource Services will offer free NJ Family Child Care Registration training Monday to Wednesday, Dec. 7 to 9, beginning at 6:15 p.m. each evening.
The Advertiser-News,
Fri Dec 04 23:52:29 PST 2009
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