7 h. ago How the new free childcare scheme could push up nursery fees

Staffing shortages and insufficient funding mean some parents may be left without spaces or paying over the odds when the scheme comes in this month.

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7 h. ago ‘Significant’ staffing challenges may be barrier to funded childcare expansion

Low pay for early years staff is a key driver of recruitment and retention challenges, a report by the NFER has suggested.

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7 h. ago Starmer hails expansion of funded childcare amid nursery workforce warnings

Eligible working parents in England can access 30 hours a week of free childcare for children older than nine months.

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30 h. ago 'Thank you Keir!' Migrants staying at Epping hotel hail Starmer after his Government fought to keep asylum seekers there

Sir Keir has been thanked after a temporary injunction which blocked asylum seekers being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, was dramatically overturned at the Court of Appeal.

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5 d. ago Labour politician, 47, hailed by Keir Starmer as 'a powerful voice' was found hanged at home, inquest hears

Hefin David, 47, who had served as the Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly since 2016 and had two children with fellow MS Vikki Howells, died on August 12.

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1 week ago Starmer hails ‘breakthrough’ on security guarantees after crunch White House Ukraine talks

Sir Keir Starmer said ‘real progress’ was made during the crunch talks on Monday

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1 week ago Starmer hails ‘breakthrough’ on security guarantees after Ukraine talks

US President Donald Trump described the talks as ‘very good’ and said a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin would be arranged.

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1 week ago Starmer hails ‘real progress’ on Ukraine after European leaders gather at White House

Sir Keir Starmer praised the White House meeting with eight European leaders, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, and Donald Trump as a possibly “historic step” towards ending Vladimir Putin’s war

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1 week ago Starmer hails ‘real progress’ made during White House summit on Ukraine war

Posting on his Truth Social platform after the meeting, Donald Trump also described the talks as ‘very good’.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer hails Volodymyr Zelensky's desire for a "just and lasting peace" in Ukraine

European leaders appear poised to join Mr Zelensky in a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian president, after his last encounter with his American counterpart in the Oval Office resulted in a diplomatic crisis.

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2 w. ago Starmer hails Zelensky’s desire for ‘just peace’ amid fears of Russian land grab

The Prime Minister and French president Emmanuel Macron chaired a meeting of the coalition of the willing on Sunday afternoon.

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